China Orbits Satellite Pair

[edkyle98]

A Chang Zheng 4B launched two Shijian-6 (Practice-6) satellites into polar orbit from Taiyuan Launch Center in China's north Shanxi Province on October 23, 2006 (UTC). <br /><br />The launch was the 50th consecutive "Chang Zheng" launch success since the last failure in 1996.<br /><br />http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/24/content_5240968.htm<br /><br />Chang Zheng (Long March) has now flown four times in 2006, tying it with Ariane 5 and Zenit 3SL for second-busiest (behind R-7/Soyuz, of course). A fifth CZ launch is planned to occur soon.<br /><br /> - Ed Kyle<br /><br />http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/slr.html