A Chinese Long March 4C has launched with a military passenger – understood to be the Yaogan 15 military satellite – from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Launch was recorded at 07:31 UTC, catching out most observers, with the only news of the launch on Tuesday leaking out on the internet, prior to official media reports of a successful ride to orbit.
China launches Yaogan 15 via Long March 4C at short notice
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huaxia rox
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the recent launching speed of CZ is quite suprising especially considering we r about to launch shenzhou 9 in a few months......
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