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China Launches Next-Gen Telecommunications Satellite

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China has successfully launched a new-generation telecommunications satellite, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced. 06.01.2017, Sputnik International

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© AP Photo / Xinhua, Qian Xian'anIn this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, an orbiter is launched by a Long March-3III carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010

In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, an orbiter is launched by a Long March-3III carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010 - Sputnik International

China has successfully launched a new-generation telecommunications satellite, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced.

The remote Jiuquan Space Launch Center in Gansu province, China. - Sputnik International

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BEIJING (Sputnik) – The launch was carried out at 15:19 GMT on Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using the Chang Zheng 3B (CZ-3B, or Long March 3B) carrier rocket, the ministry said.

The second Tongxin Jishu Shiyan (TJS) satellite will help test multi-frequency high-speed data transmission.

China plans to carry out about 30 space launches in 2017.

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