China on Monday put a recoverable science experimental satellite into orbit, atop a Long March 2 D carrier rocket from a launch center in northwest China.

Officials said the China-made satellite was launched at 3:20 p.m. from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, northwest China.

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