In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, a Long March-4B rocket carrying satellites coded as the 03 Group of the Shijian-6 serial research satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China's Shanxi province, on Saturday October 25, 2008. China successfully launched two satellites with a Long March-4B carrier rocket early Saturday morning. AP Photo logo AP Photo 43 months ago

In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, a Long March-4B rocket carrying satellites coded as the 03 Group of the Shijian-6 serial research satellites blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China's Shanxi province, on Saturday October 25, 2008. China successfully launched two satellites with a Long March-4B carrier rocket early Saturday morning.

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