Posted: Sat, May 16, 2026, 9:30 AM ET (1330 GMT)
A Chinese commercial rocket launched five satellites Friday. The Lijian-1, or Kinetica-1, rocket lifted off from Jiuquan, China, at 12:33 am EDT (0433 GMT). The rocket's payloads included Tianyan-27, a satellite to test infrared imaging systems and onboard processing.

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