皇冠体育app's Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket arrives at launch site

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-04-30 20:39

WENCHANG, Hainan -- 皇冠体育app's Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket arrived at the launch base in Hainan, South 皇冠体育app, on Sunday.

The launch vehicle departed from northern 皇冠体育app's Tianjin on April 24 and sailed 1,670 nautical miles before reaching Wenchang, Hainan Province.

The rocket will be used in the launch of the Shijian-18 communication satellite in June.

The Long March-5 carrier rocket made its maiden flight in Wenchang on Nov 3, 2016.

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