Updated May 12th, 2020 at 10:01 IST
'A city once hit by Covid': China launches two satellites, names one after Wuhan
China on Tuesday successfully launched two satellites to test the space-based Internet of Things (IoT) communications technology.
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China on Tuesday successfully launched two satellites to test the space-based Internet of Things (IoT) communications technology. The satellites, Xingyun-2 01 and 02, were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
They have successfully entered their planned orbit, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
#China has successfully launched the first two communication satellites for its new space-based #IoT project into designated orbit on Tue, with the first one named after its birthplace #Wuhan, a city once hit by the #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/knRqgYuxqB
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews)
What was peculiar, however, was how state-run Global Times referred to the satellite that is named after Wuhan - calling the origin of the deadly Coronavirus "a city once hit by Covid", even as the world continues to remain at the outbreak's mercy.
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Published May 12th, 2020 at 10:01 IST