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China’s Smart Dragon-3 rocket launches 8 satellites from sea

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Haiyang, Shandong: China launched a Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket from the waters near the city of Haiyang in east China’s Shandong Province on Tuesday, placing eight satellites into planned orbit.

The commercial rocket blasted off at 10:31 a.m. (Beijing Time), carrying Tianyi-41 and other satellites.

The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carried out this offshore launch.

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