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Chinese rocket launches five satellites

Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 6:49 AM ET (1049 GMT)
A Chinese commercial rocket launched five satellites Tuesday. The Lijian-1, or Kinetica-1, solid-fuel rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 7:33 pm EDT (2333 GMT). Among the satellites on the launch was a Jilin-1 synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite and two Yunyao-1 satellites that collect radio occultation data for weather forecasting.

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