China launches three new satellites into space.

ISLAMABAD -- China on Tuesday launched a Long March-6 rocket carrying three satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 7:50 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and sent the Shiyan-16A, Shiyan-16B and Shiyan-17 satellites into the preset orbit, China Daily reported.

Shiyan means "experiment" in Chinese. The Shiyan satellite trio will...

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