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China Sends Three Satellites Into Space With Single Rocket. China successfully launched a group of three spacephysics experiment satellites with a single carrier rocket on September 20, 1981 for the first time in its history. The satellites were accurately orbited with the various systems functioning normally, They are continuously sending back scientific experimental data. Photo shows the carrier rocket being ignited. Photo by Yang Wumin