14 May 2013
Chinese scientists conducted on 13 May an experiment in the high-altitude atmosphere and near-Earth space with the launch of a sounding rocket. The National Space Science Center (NSSC) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences said the rocket was launched at 9 p.m. Monday, 13 May, from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. The experiment was designed to investigate energetic particles and magnetic fields in the ionized stratum and near-Earth space.
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