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China launches radar calibration satellite

Posted: Sat, Apr 5, 2025, 1:14 PM ET (1714 GMT)
China launched a radar calibration payload Wednesday night. A Long March 6 lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 10:12 pm EDT (0212 GMT Thursday) and placed into orbit Tianping-3A (02), which Chinese media described as supporting the calibration of ground-based radars. China launched three similar Tianping satellites last October.

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