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| A new model of China's carrier rocket Long March-6 carrying 20 micro-satellites blasts off from the launch pad at 7:01 a.m. from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 20, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua.cn] |
The latest version of the Long March carrier rockets has been successfully launched.
The Long March-6 was fired off on Sunday from a launch location in Shanxi.
It's fueled by liquid propellant made of liquid oxygen and kerosene, which is meant to cut down on pollution.
Meanwhile, a Long March-5 rocket has arrived in the Port of Tianjin.
While officials haven't said where that rocket is headed, its likely going to be shipped to Hainan for a launch later this year to test its capability to launch the Chang'e 5 lunar probe.
The unmanned probe is due to be sent to the moon in 2017.
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