Pair of Chinese launches put flat-panel satellite, new spy sats in orbit

China has conducted a pair of orbital missions to launch a commercially developed flat-panel communications satellite and a new batch of spy satellites. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 4:02 p.m. Eastern, July 26. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) stated that the payload was a Yaogan-36 satellite. No further information on the payload was provided. More

(Source: SpaceNews - Jul 28)