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China Launches Four Orbital Rockets in 45-Hour Span
The Indian Express52m
THE BRIEF
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China successfully launched four different orbital rockets from three separate sites within a 45-hour period between September 15 and 16.
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The rapid sequence included commercial missions by LandSpace and Orienspace deploying satellites for the 'Thousand Sails' broadband megaconstellation into low Earth orbit.
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State-backed operators CASC and a subsidiary of CASIC completed the multi-launch blitz with missions carrying payloads for the SatNet megaconstellation and Spacety radar satellites.