For the first time in history, China launches sea based Rockets Satellites
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BEIJING - China successfully launched a rocket from a mobile platform at Yellow Sea for the first time on Wednesday, sending two technology experiment satellites and five commercial satellites into space.
A Long March-11 solid propellant carrier rocket blasted off from a launch pad aboard a ship in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Shandong province at 12:06 pm (local time).
It is China's first space launch from a sea-based platform and the 306th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series, official media here reported.
China in recent years has emerged as a major space power with first-ever mission to the dark side of the moon as well as manned missions besides building its own space station to be ready by 2022.
It is also a leading country in launching satellites from its launch stations on land.