Nov.
25
China
successfully
launched
a
communications
satellite,
"Zhongxing-20A",
at
12:09
a.m.
Thursday
from
the
Xichang
Satellite
Launch
Center
in
southwest
China's
Sichuan
Province.
"Zhongxing-20A"
would
help
improve
the
country's
radio
and
television
broadcasts,
said
a
statement
from
the
center.
The
satellite
was
sent
by a
Long
March
3A
rocket
into
the
preset
orbit.
It
was
the
135th
launch
of
China's
Long
March
series
of
rockets
since
April
24,
1970,
when
a
Long
March-1
rocket
successfully
sent
China's
first
satellite,
Dongfanghong-1,
into
space.
