China Focus: China launches new astronomical satellite developed in cooperation with France
A Long March-2C rocket carrying an astronomical satellite , the Space-based Multi-band Variable Object Monitor ( SVOM ) , blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China ' s Sichuan Province on June 22 , 2024 .To capture gamma-ray bursts which flicker like fireworks in the farthest reaches of the universe . ( Photo by Chen Haojie/Xinhua ) XICHANG , June 22 ( Xinhua ) - - China on Saturday launched an astronomical satellite .
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