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April 27, 2021
Long March-6 launch
A Long March-6 launch vehicle launched 9 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, northern China, on 27 April 2021, at 03:20 UTC (11:20 local time).
Long March-6 launches 9 satellites
The main payload consisted of the satellites Qilu-1 (齐鲁一号), Qilu-4 (齐鲁四号) and Foshan-1 (佛山一号), along with HS-1 (Zhong'an Guotong-1, 中安国通一号), Tianqi-9 (天启星座09, part of the Tianqi constellation/Apocalypse Constellation), Origin Space Neo-1 (起源太空NEO-1), Taijing-2 01 (Tai Kink II 01, 泰景二号01), Golden Bauhinia N1-01 and Golden Bauhinia N1-02.
Tianqi satellite
A Chinese Long March 6 rocket launches the Qilu 1 and Qilu 4 Earth observation satellites, plus several smaller rideshare payloads.
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