Iuquan, June 22 (IANS) China on Wednesday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.The Tianxing-1 test satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 10:08 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit, Xinhua news agency reported.The satellite is mainly used for experiments such as space environment detection.It was the 15th flight mission of the Kuaizhou-1A rockets, according to the launch center.
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