A Chinese Long March 2B
A Chinese Long March 2B launched the Yaogan 2 reconnaissance/remote sensing spacecraft into a polar Sun-synchronous orbit May 25 from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert. The flight also carried a small microelectronics research satellite.
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