Harbin, China (SPX) Jun 09, 2023
China launched the nation’s first plate-shaped satellite into space on Friday.
Developed by researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Heilongjiang province, the Longjiang 3 experimental communications satellite was lifted by a Kuaizhou 1A solid-propellant carrier rocket, which blasted off at 10:35 am from its launch vehicle at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s