China launches satellite ‘Shijian-21’

China successfully launched a new satellite named Shijian-21 on October 24, 2021. The satellite will be used to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies.

It was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The satellite, named Shijian-21, was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and it entered the planned orbit successfully.