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China recently made the launch of the country's very first data relay satellite that has been named as "Tianlian I".

The Tianlian I satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 11:35 p.m. of the local Beijing Time.

China had planned 10 space launches this year including the Shenzhou VII spaceship. The launch is the 105th mission of China's Long March series of rockets, and the first mission of the Long March-3C carrier rocket.