Tag: Tianhui 1C

  • Chinese rocket deploys third Tianhui mapping satellite

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    A Long March 2D rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan launch center Monday with the Tianhui 1C mapping satellite. Thermal insulation panels are seen shedding from the rocket, a normal feature of a Long March 2D launch. Credit: Xinhua China’s third Tianhui mapping satellite, built for land resource surveys and scientific research, rocketed into space…