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China successfully launches maritime satelliteTaiyuan, China (XNA) Aug 17, 2011 China successfully launched a maritime satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time. The orbiter, Haiyang-2, was boosted by a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the launch center in the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province. The satellite is for the supervision and survey of the maritime environment, an important measure for prevention and reduction of maritime disasters. b>China launches Haiyang-2 maritime satellite br> /b> Beijing (R ... read more |
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 ATV-3 en route for the launch pad The ATV 'Edoardo Amaldi', designed and built by Astrium, is the third unmanned European freight spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS). Following the extraordinary success of the ... more | .. |
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