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    China’s Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site completes first mission

    ByTrulyNews

    Dec 2, 2024
    China’s Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site completes first mission

    WENCHANG, Hainan, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) — China on Saturday night successfully launched a new carrier rocket into space from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan.

    The Long March-12 carrier rocket sent two experimental satellites into their planned orbits.

    The mission was the maiden flight of the Long March-12 carrier rocket, and the first launch mission undertaken by the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site.