{"id":664492,"date":"2025-12-31T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/664492\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T10:37:21","slug":"china-launches-two-new-satellites-into-space-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/664492\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches two new satellites into space-Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"RQiKwIZiYjG9YWUAui\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TWKq8nQT458wYVjC.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25123103262834\" data-name=\"20251231cadd50bfbd334409bee889eefb0b786a.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-7A carrier rocket carrying the Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 31, 2025. Launched at 6:40 a.m. (Beijing Time), the satellites have entered the preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Du Xinxin\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n<p>WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) &#8212; China sent two new satellites into orbit on Wednesday from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan.<\/p>\n<p>The Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites were launched at 6:40 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-7A carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.<\/p>\n<p>These satellites will be mainly used for related new technology verification for space target detection.<\/p>\n<p>The launch marked the 623rd mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. \u25a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"wXCBBiuc8n0dXntsef\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3cVD735H32uEUc1H.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25123123687036\" data-name=\"20251231aaae821145c54f73b7cc28974d0f6037.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-7A carrier rocket carrying the Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 31, 2025. Launched at 6:40 a.m. (Beijing Time), the satellites have entered the preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Du Xinxin\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"LAec4VRGQ0amFCHU25\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/D4czRurYgUVDswjL.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25123100656469\" data-name=\"202512310647db768af54e6fb3a8798eb5a811cf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-7A carrier rocket carrying the Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 31, 2025. Launched at 6:40 a.m. (Beijing Time), the satellites have entered the preset orbit successfully. (Xinhua\/Pu Xiaoxu)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"yoS5CxWTwjG6HoDvxm\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZUuiHeTFkR1EjfrJ.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25123122719241\" data-name=\"202512318a58ac6ac6cc4fbba24d1f02dd01c1d6.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-7A carrier rocket carrying the Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 31, 2025. Launched at 6:40 a.m. (Beijing Time), the satellites have entered the preset orbit successfully. 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