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China launches weather satellites

Posted: Sat, Mar 25, 2023, 11:22 AM ET (1522 GMT)
China launched a set of weather satellites early Wednesday. A Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:09 a.m. Eastern and placed the four Tianmu-1 spacecraft into orbit. The satellites, Chinese media said, will be used for commercial meteorological data services.

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