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China launches military weather satellites

Posted: Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
China launched a set of military weather satellites early Thursday. A Long March 2D rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 1:27 am EDT (0527 GMT) and deployed the Yunhai-2 02 group of satellites. The satellites are part of a system believed to be used by China's military for weather forecasting.

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