A Long March 2D lifts off from Taiyuan early July 3 UTC carrying five commercial satellites.
A Long March 2D lifts off from Taiyuan early July 3 UTC carrying five commercial satellites.

China launched a Tianlian-1 data tracking and relay communications satellite Tuesday, marking the country’s third successful mission in four days.

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Andrew Jones covers China's space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky...