Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket launches 4th mission in 18 days (video)


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China sent a classified experimental satellite into orbit last week with yet another launch of the Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket. A Kuaizhou-1A lifted off from a transport erector launcher at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Jan. 10 at 10:52 p.m. EST (0352 GMT and 11:52 a.m. Beijing time on Jan. 11). The rocket's operator, Expace, confirmed launch success within the hour, announcing the payload to be a satellite called Tianxing-1 (02). Related: China launches remote-sensing satellite for Egypt (video) A Chinese Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifts off from Jiuquan on Jan. 10, 2024 carrying the Tianxing-1 (02) satellite....