Sunday 26 August 2018

China successfully sends twin navigation satellites into space on single carrier rocket

China successfully sends twin navigation satellites into space on single carrier rocket

China today successfully sent twin navigation satellites into the space on a single carrier rocket.

the Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

It was the 283rd mission of the Long March rocket series.

The twin satellites entered orbit more than three hours after the launch.

After a series of tests, they will work together with 10 other BeiDou-3 satellites already in orbit.

The twin satellites were developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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