China launched four new communications satellites this week in two launches from different launch sites, within hours of each other, as the country's intense launch activity continues.
First up, a Long March 2C lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, northwest China, at 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT, 7:15 p.m. local time) on Aug. 24.
The rocket used a Yuanzheng 1S upper stage to deliver three payloads into near polar orbits with average altitudes of around 680 miles (1,100 kilometers) above Earth, according to U.S. space tracking.
Chinese space contractors and Chinese state media announced that two satellites were "fusion" communication technology test satellites with the acronym RSW.
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