Reentry module aboard Long March-7 lands successfully

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A Long March-7 carrier rocket lifts off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, south China's Hainan Province, June 25, 2016. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

A reentry module aboard carrier rocket Long March-7 touched down successfully on Sunday afternoon in Badain Jaran Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

China on Saturday successfully blasted off its new generation carrier rocket Long March-7 from a new space launch center in Wenchang, Hainan province.

According to Wang Hongyao, deputy chief commander of the mission, the rocket's payload, including the reentry module, separated from the rocket 603 seconds after blast-off, and entered an oval orbit with a low point, or perigee, of 200 kilometers, and a high point, or apogee, of 394 kilometers.

The Long March-7 is a medium-sized, two-stage rocket that can carry up to 13.5 tonnes to low-Earth orbit (LEO).

Experts say the 53.1-meter-long, 597-tonne rocket will become the main carrier for China's future space missions.

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