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China launches 4th navigation satellite

China successfully launched its fourth orbiter into space at 23:53 (15:53 GMT) Wednesday, as a part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system.
The launch was disclosed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology via a statement posted on its official website Thursday.
The satellite was launched from the Long March 3III carrier rocket.

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TLE Data
BEIDOU
1 36590U 10024A 10154.10408858 .00123211 00000-0 13534-1 0 50
2 36590 020.5388 127.6358 7290687 179.8846 351.0006 02.28988595 06

Period:       628.01 
Inclination: 20.55 
Apogee:     35634 
Perigee:     195

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