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China Launches First Batch of Guowang Megaconstellation Satellites
Construction of the Guowang ('national network') megaconstellation has begun.
A Long March 5B rocket lifted off from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the island of Hainan Monday (Dec. 16) at 5:00 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT; 6 p.m. local time), carrying 10 broadband spacecraft aloft. "The satellites entered the predetermined orbit smoothly and the launch mission was a complete success," CALT wrote in an update on WeChat early Tuesday morning (Dec. 17). On previous missions, the 23-ton core stage of the Long March 5B has crashed back to Earth in an uncontrolled fashion about a week after lifting off, drawing criticism from across the space community.
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