China has conducted a successful launch of the third Shylan-6 satellite on Friday to study near-Earth space environment and test space equipment, CCTV reported.
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China has conducted a successful launch of the third Shylan-6 satellite on Friday to study near-Earth space environment and test space equipment, CCTV reported.
According to the TV channel, the launch took place at 07:01 local time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China with the use of Long March-48 carrier rocket.
The first Shylan-6 blasted off into space in November 2018, while the second one did so in July 2020.
Originally published at Tass