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China’s first stackable satellite reaches orbit on solid rocket launch


China’s first stackable satellite reaches orbit on solid rocket launch A light-lift solid rocket sent an experimental “plate-like” stackable satellite into orbit late Thursday as the country looks to build its answer to Starlink. A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off from a TEL into blue skies above the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 10:35 p.m. June 8. The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) confirmed launch success a short time later.   More



(Source: SpaceNews - Jun 10)

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