Shijian-19 launched on a Long March 2D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Sept. 27 and landed Oct. 11 at the Dongfeng landing site, near Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert. It was the first ...
But the launch still invited strong condemnation from the United States and its partners because the U.N. bans North Korea from conducting satellite launches, calling them covers for tests of ...