Watch China launch pair of Earth-mapping satellites on its 50th launch of 2023

China launched what are likely a pair of partially classified mapping satellites late on Tuesday. A Long March 6A rocket lifted off into a twilit sky above the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 6:50 p.m. EDT on Oct. 31 (2250 GMT, or 6:50 a.m. Beijing Time on Nov. 1) carrying Tianhui-5 Earth-mapping satellites. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced launch success within an hour of launch, noting a single Tianhui satellite as the payload. This was echoed up via media reports. More

(Source: Space.com - Nov 3)