China’s next-generation Long March 7A blasted off from its Wenchang launch site in Hainan province early on Friday, one year after a failed attempt.
The launch sent a technology verification satellite, the Shiyan-9 developed by China Academy of Space Technology, into geosynchronous orbit, matching the Earth’s rotation.
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