World News | China Launches Pakistani Satellite into Space
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. China successfully launched a Pakistani satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday.
Beijing, Jan 17 (PTI) China successfully launched a Pakistani satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Friday.
The satellite, named PRSC-EO1, was launched at 12:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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The rocket also carried two other satellites - Tianlu-1 and Lantan-1. This launch marked the 556th flight mission involving the Long March carrier rocket series.
China has been launching satellites for Pakistan in the last few years broadening their all-weather alliance into the space arena.
Last year, China launched a multi-mission communication satellite for Pakistan.
In 2018, China sent two Pakistan satellites into orbit. The PRSS-1, Pakistan's first optical remote sensing satellite, and the PakTES-1A, a smaller observation craft.
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