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Communication satellite of Beijing-based company sent into orbit

Communication satellite of Beijing-based company sent into orbit

Baku, January 16, AZERTAC

A broadband communication satellite, developed by a Beijing-based company, was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), Xinhua reported.

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket sent the satellite, which is the first one of the Beijing-based GalaxySpace, into planned orbit.

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