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RE: Haiyang-2 satellite

Blobrana · L

China has successfully launched a new satellite from the Taiyuan Launch Centre to monitor the maritime environment.
The orbiter 'Haiyang-2' was boosted by a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the launch centre in the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province.
The satellite, the second in the past four days to have been launched, is for the supervision and survey of maritime environment and an important measure for prevention and reduction of maritime disasters.
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China successfully launched a maritime satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time.
The orbiter, Haiyang-2, was boosted by a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the launch centre in the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province.
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