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China launches imaging satellite

Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 10:16 AM ET (1516 GMT)
China launched another imaging satellite Monday. A Long March 2C spacecraft lifted off at 6:45 pm EST (2345 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and placed the Gaofen-3 (02) satellite into orbit. The spacecraft carries a C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging payload.

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