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Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China

China's rocket launches Pakistan remote-sensing satellite into orbit

Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China

Source: Xinhuanet
Editor:Huang Panyue
2025-10-19 17:00:46

JIUQUAN, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday launched the Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket with three satellites onboard.

The rocket blasted off at 11:33 a.m. (Beijing Time) from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent the satellites into the planned orbit.

The three satellites are Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04 satellites.



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