URGENT: China launches satellite in joint space probe program withEurope
Posted on: Tuesday, 30 December 2003, 06:00 CST
URGENT: China launches satellite in joint space probe program with Europe
XICHANG, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China launched a high-altitude orbiting satellite into the preset orbit successfully Tuesday morning, using a Long March 2C/SM carrier rocket, according to witnesses at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China.
The satellite is the first of its kind launched by China. It is part of a space probe program carried out jointly by China and the European Space Agency.
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