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China launches new observation satellite for BRI, national defense

China on Friday sent a new Earth observation satellite, the Gaofen-11 05 satellite, into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The satellite is a versatile tool for land surveys, urban planning, land ownership verification, road network design, crop yield prediction, and disaster prevention and mitigation. Also in this newsletter, China's shipbuilding industry soars in H1, solidifies leading position and China's AG600 amphibious plane passes high-temperature, high-humidity flight test.

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