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2 36110 097.8364 124.7854 0025447 300.9679 058.9018 14.76264706000236

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Correction:
It seems that the spiral cloud was from a Bulava ICBM launched from a Russian Dmitry Donskoy submarine. The third stage malfunctioned venting fuel.

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YAOGAN-7 Launches atop Long March 2D rocket



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Norway Cloud Spiral - Simulation of possible explanation



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Mystery spiral lights over Norway



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Chinese rocket launch at 08:42 UT, 9th December, 2009.

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China launched Wednesday a remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan VII," from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern Gansu Province.
The satellite was successfully launched into the space on a Long March 2D carrier rocket at 4:42 p.m., the centre reported.
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A ChangZheng CZ-2C launch vehicle is scheduled to launch the Yaogan Weixing 7 reconnaissance satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on the 25th October, 2009.
The military satellite will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit and provide high-resolution imagery for the military and civilian uses.
The satellite is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) , an active microwave instrument to produce imagery of the Earth's surface in all-weather, day/night conditions.

Ed ~ According to this site the Yaogan-7  will launch aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from the Taiyuan Launch Centre.

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