China sends 13 satellites into orbit with single rocket

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TAIYUAN, Nov 6, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) – China successfully sent 13 satellites
into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi
Province on Friday.

The satellites, including 10 commercial remote sensing satellites developed
by Argentine company Satellogic, blasted off atop a Long March-6 carrier
rocket at 11:19 a.m. (Beijing Time).

Friday’s launch was the 351st by the Long March rocket series.