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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WENCHANG, HAINAN, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched two new satellites from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province on Wednesday.
The Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites were launched by the Long March-7A carrier rocket at 6:40 a.m. Beijing Time and successfully entered their planned orbits.
The new satellites will primarily be used to conduct validation tests of new technologies for detecting space targets.
This launch was the 623rd for the Long March family of launch vehicles. -0-
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