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Detailed explanation-1: -A Long March-2D rocket carrying 14 new satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 15, 2023. China successfully launched a Long March-2D rocket on Sunday, sending 14 new satellites into space.

Detailed explanation-2: -Of the 4,852 active artificial satellites orbiting the Earth as of January 1, 2022, 2,944 belong to the United States. This is by far the largest number of any single country, with their nearest competitor, China, accounting for only 499.

Detailed explanation-3: -The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country’s main space contractor and maker of the Long March rocket series, will again aim for more than 50 launches this year, according to an announcement from an early January meeting. China launched 64 times in 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The APStar 6E spacecraft will spend months raising its orbit to reach its final destination. China carried out its third space mission of 2023 on Thursday (Jan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Notes: China has successfully launched a solid-propellant carrier rocket from a ship in the Yellow Sea and successfully sent nine satellites into orbit. This is the country’s second such sea-based launch mission.