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New group of satellites launched

China sent a new group of satellites into space on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province. Launched at 12:41 pm aboard a modified Long March 6 carrier rocket, the satellite group, the third batch that will constitute the Spacesail Constellation, entered the preset orbits successfully. The newly launched satellite group includes 18 satellites, according to details released online by the Chinese commercial satellite constellation developer Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co. The total number of in-orbit Spacesail Constellation satellites has now reached 54.

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