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Sea-launched Long March 11 places nine satellites in orbit

Posted: Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 9:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
China performed a sea-based launch of nine small satellites Monday night. The Long March 11 rocket lifted off from a ship in the Yellow Sea off the east coast of China at 9:23 pm EDT (0123 GMT Tuesday). It placed into orbit nine small Jilin-1 Gaofen-03 imaging satellites. The launch is the second of the rocket, a small solid-fuel vehicle, to take place from a ship.

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