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China launches new telecommunication satellite

Xinhua, January 13, 2023 Adjust font size:

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying the APSTAR-6E telecommunication satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Jan. 13, 2023. The satellite was launched at 2:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Liu Guanghui/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday.

The APSTAR-6E telecommunication satellite was launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its planned orbit successfully.

The satellite is mainly used to provide high-throughput communication services for Southeast Asia region.

The launch was the 460th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. ■

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying the APSTAR-6E telecommunication satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Jan. 13, 2023.

The satellite was launched at 2:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Liu Guanghui/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying the APSTAR-6E telecommunication satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Jan. 13, 2023.

The satellite was launched at 2:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Liu Guanghui/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying the APSTAR-6E telecommunication satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Jan. 13, 2023.

The satellite was launched at 2:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Liu Guanghui/Xinhua)

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