China launches 4 commercial weather satellites to orbit

A Chinese solid rocket launched a new batch of commercial satellites from the Gobi Desert on Wednesday (July 19). A Kuaizhou 1A rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday at 11:20 p.m. EDT (0320 GMT, or 11:20 a.m. Beijing Time on July 20). Aboard were four Tianmu 1 satellites, designated numbers 07-10, for collecting weather data. The satellites and rocket upper stage were later detected by space domain awareness tracking in orbits with an altitude of roughly 326 miles (524 kilometers) and an inclination of 97.4 degrees. More

(Source: Space.com - Jul 22)