China launched into space just three research satellite - Reuters

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MOSCOW, July 20 – RIA Novosti. China successfully launched three research satellites, according to Xinhua news agency on Saturday, referring to representatives of Taiyuan in Shanxi Province.

According to them, at 7.37 on Saturday (3.37 MSK) from Taiyuan launched satellites “Chuansin-3″, “Shiyan-7″ and “Shijian-15.” All of them have been put into orbit rocket “Long March-4C.” According to the agency, all three satellites to be used for scientific experiments in the field of maintenance of vehicles and spacecraft.

According to representatives of the space center, launch the last of the three satellites became the 179th start using Chinese rocket “Long March”.

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