The rocket Kuaizhou-1A carrying the satellite JL-1 and two CubeSats XY-S1 and Caton-1 blasts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Province, Jan. 9, 2017. The rocket sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission on Monday.
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China says space programme must help protect national security
China’s space programme must help protect the country’s national security, but China is dedicated to the peaceful use of space and opposes a space arms race, the government said in a policy paper issued on Tuesday. Tiangong-2, China’s second space laboratory lifts off from the launch pad in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, September 15, 2016.