The Yaogan-30 satellites are launched on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua The Yaogan-30 satellites are launched on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
The Yaogan-30 satellites are launched on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
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Months after rocket failure, China sends spy satellites into space

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Topic |   China science
Stephen Chen
Stephen Chen

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The Yaogan-30 satellites are launched on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua The Yaogan-30 satellites are launched on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
The Yaogan-30 satellites are launched on a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
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