Aiming for a record-breaking year, the Chinese have successfully launched the Yaogan Weixing-31-01 mission – consisting of three satellites – from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 04:25 UTC on Tuesday morning. The surprise launch also carried another small – if unnamed – satellite. The launch took place from Launch Pad 94 of the LC43 launch complex using the Long March 4C (Y25) rocket.
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