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China launches two new satellites

March 26, 2026


Abstract : China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing two new satellites into space.

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying two new satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on March 26, 2026. The rocket blasted off at 6:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the pair of satellites, Siwei Gaojing-2 05 and Siwei Gaojing-2 06, into their preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)

TAIYUAN, March 26 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing two new satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 6:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province and sent the pair of satellites, Siwei Gaojing-2 05 and Siwei Gaojing-2 06, into their preset orbit.

It was the 634th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying two new satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on March 26, 2026.

The rocket blasted off at 6:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the pair of satellites, Siwei Gaojing-2 05 and Siwei Gaojing-2 06, into their preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)

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A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying two new satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on March 26, 2026.

The rocket blasted off at 6:51 a.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the pair of satellites, Siwei Gaojing-2 05 and Siwei Gaojing-2 06, into their preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)

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