China launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket carrying the Qianfan Polar Orbit 09 satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 7:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) Tuesday. The satellites successfully entered their preset orbit.
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On May 12 at 2:58 PM Moscow time, China successfully launched the ninth launch of its Qianfan satellite communications system. The Long March-6A (CZ-6A) launch vehicle lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, delivering a constellation of 18 satellites to their target orbit. Image generated by Grok. The large-scale Qianfan initiative, implemented by Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology, aims to create a global network for... The pos…