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Successful Launch
A Long March-11 carrier rocket blasts off from a ship in the Yellow Sea on September 15, sending nine satellites into planned orbit. It is China’s first sea-launched rocket.
The Long March-11 is the only one among China’s Long March rocket series that uses solid propellants, mainly used to carry small satellites.
Self-Driving Pilot
Beijing plans to build a cloud-based pilot area for self-driving vehicles before the end of this year, according to government sources on September 19.
The 60-square-km pilot zone, located in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as E-Town, will feature integrated smart roads, intelligent vehicles, real-time cloud, reliable network and precise maps, Kong Lei, an official with the administration of E-Town,
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