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China launches Beidou satellites

Posted: Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 9:44 AM ET (1344 GMT)
Long March 3B launch of two Beidou satellites, March 2018 (Xinhua)

Long March 3B launch of two Beidou satellites, March 2018 (Xinhua)

China launched another pair of navigation satellites Thursday. A Long March 3B lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1:56 p.m. Eastern and placed two Beidou satellites into medium Earth orbits. The launch was the third Beidou mission so far this year, and the ninth Chinese launch overall in 2018.

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