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China launches new marine satellite

Xinhua
| July 2, 2026
2026-07-02

JIUQUAN, July 2 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday sent a new marine satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2E satellite took off at 7:46 a.m. (Beijing Time), sending the satellite into the planned orbit.

The launch was the 654th by the Long March rocket series. Enditem

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