China's commercial rocket SD-3 launches 7 satellites from sea

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YANGJIANG, Guangdong, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket from the sea, sending seven satellites into planned orbits.

The SD-3 commercial rocket blasted off at 2:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) from waters off the coast of Yangjiang in south China's Guangdong Province. The seven satellites include Pakistan's PRSC-EO2 satellite.

The offshore launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. ■

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