First Chinese space mission of 2022 rockets into orbit

China launched a Long March 2D rocket Monday with another classified satellite, deploying the spacecraft into a polar orbit on the first of more than 40 Chinese Long March rocket missions planned in 2022. The Long March 2D rocket took off from the Taiyuan launch base in Shanxi province of northern China at 0435 GMT Sunday (11:35 p.m. EST Sunday), according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. or CASC. Liftoff occurred at 10:35 a.m. Beijing time Monday. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 19)