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Faizan Hashmi Published July 24, 2026 | 04:30 AM
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 24th Jul, 2026) China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Thursday, Xinhua news Agency reported.
The Tianlian II-06 satellite was launched at 8 p.m.
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Tianlian II-06 is primarily used to provide data relay and TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) services for crewed spacecraft such as spaceships and space stations, for medium- and low-Earth-orbit resource satellites, and TT&C support for spacecraft launches.
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