China launches classified TJS-14 satellite towards geostationary belt

China sent a classified experimental technology satellite into orbit Thursday, adding to a series of spacecraft recently sent towards geostationary orbit. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 10:32 a.m. Eastern (1532 UTC) Jan. 23 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China. The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) announced launch success in a statement under an hour after liftoff, revealing the previously undisclosed payload to be communication technology experiment Satellite-14, or Tongxin Jishu Shiyan-14 (TJS-14) and headed for geostationary orbit (GEO). More

(Source: SpaceNews - Jan 24)