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China launches telecommunication technology test satellite

China plans to conduct a "record" number of 30 space launch missions this year as part of its efforts to expand its ambitious space programme.

China launches telecommunication technology test satellite The satellite was launched late last night by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, state-run Xinhua news agency reported

Beijing: China has successfully launched a telecommunication technology test satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite was launched late last night by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

China plans to conduct a "record" number of 30 space launch missions this year as part of its efforts to expand its ambitious space programme.

The record-breaking number space launches will be launched by?Long March-5 and Long March-7 rockets,?China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said earlier.

Long March-5 is China's largest carrier rocket.

The successful test launch of the vehicle in November in South China's Hainan Province will pave the way for space station construction, state-run China News Service had said.

China recently released an official white paper on space stating that ?it will launch a lunar probe in 2018 to achieve world?s first soft landing on the far side of the moon and a mission to Mars in 2018.

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