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.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Look up and smile while outdoors.
Too high for EMPs, I hope.
Learn to speak Chinese.
Didn’t Bill Clinton “help” China with their MIRV “problem”??
Possibly but that was two decades ago.
The “Thousand Talents” program has put them in position not to need much help now.
Ocean surveillance?
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.
Presidential campaigns and legal defense funds have to be financed somehow.
I agree!!!
Defend Cities!
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