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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.
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A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Smart Skynet-1 01 satellite — China's first medium Earth orbit communication satellite — blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, China, on May 9, 2024.