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China launches 26 satellites on ZK 1A carrier, and surpasses itself
It's a new record for the number of spacecraft carried into orbit by a single Chinese rocket/VIDEO
China launched yesterday a ZK-1A carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center carrying a total of 26 satellites, thus breaking its own record for the number of spacecraft carried into orbit by a single Chinese rocket. Before this mission, the national record was held by the first launch of the modified version of the Long March 8 rocket which in February last year deployed 22 of them in orbit....
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency