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  • High-throughput communications satellite launched from China

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    A Long March 3B rocket lifts off Thursday from the Xichang space launch facility with the Apstar 6D communications satellite. Credit: Xinhua A high-power broadband communications satellite designed to provide Internet access to airliner passengers, cruise ships, fishing vessels, and other mobile users successfully launched Thursday aboard a Chinese Long March 3B rocket. The 12,235-pound (5,550-kilogram)…