China Launches Satellite
Associated Press
BEIJING —
China has successfully launched into orbit its 22nd satellite, a synchronous communications satellite, it was reported Tuesday. The nationally televised evening news showed a Long March 3 rocket blasting off Monday night from a launch site in Xichuang, Sichuan province.
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