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By Photo of Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] China has launched a new remote sensing satellite, ‘Yaogan VI’ from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North Shanxi Province, according to a Xinhua News Agency report released April 22.
    According to the report, the satellite was launched via a Long March 2C rocket on April 22. 

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