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China launches 4 satellites on 2 rockets within hours of each other
Space.com ^ | 09/04/2021 | Andrew Jones

Posted on 09/05/2021 5:17:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin

First up, a Long March 2C lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, northwest China, at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT, 7:15 p.m. local time) on Aug. 24.

The rocket used a Yuanzheng 1S upper stage to deliver three payloads into near polar orbits with average altitudes of around 680 miles (1,100 kilometers) above Earth, according to U.S. space tracking.

Chinese space contractors and Chinese state media announced that two satellites were "fusion" communication technology test satellites with the acronym RSW. No further details were provided.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: china; satellites

1 posted on 09/05/2021 5:17:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Look up and smile while outdoors.


2 posted on 09/05/2021 5:21:29 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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3 posted on 09/05/2021 5:24:17 PM PDT by z3n
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To: z3n

Too high for EMPs, I hope.


4 posted on 09/05/2021 5:37:14 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: BenLurkin

Learn to speak Chinese.


5 posted on 09/05/2021 5:52:43 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

Didn’t Bill Clinton “help” China with their MIRV “problem”??


6 posted on 09/05/2021 5:56:18 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: musicman

Possibly but that was two decades ago.

The “Thousand Talents” program has put them in position not to need much help now.


7 posted on 09/05/2021 5:58:24 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Libloather

Ocean surveillance?


8 posted on 09/05/2021 6:00:13 PM PDT by Tallguy (Press '2' to have your name removed from our call list...)
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To: telescope115; All

Yup. We sure as hell better get Trump back in command… quick. After the FUBAR in Afghanistan, we’re going to be in a war with China, Iran, or North Korea.


9 posted on 09/05/2021 6:13:11 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: musicman

Presidential campaigns and legal defense funds have to be financed somehow.


10 posted on 09/05/2021 6:25:27 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: wally_bert

I agree!!!


11 posted on 09/05/2021 6:27:56 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: z3n

Defend Cities!


12 posted on 09/05/2021 6:42:02 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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