China launches solar observation satellite

China has placed a solar observation satellite in orbit, to conduct a four-year mission staring at Sol to understand its secrets. The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, nicknamed Kuafu-1, launched on Sunday morning atop a Long March 2D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia. The satellite made it to …

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Falling bebris

The video shows a substantial amount of material being shed from the nose cone, revealing a red surface underneath, which doesn't look normal.

One also hopes that the Long March 2D doesn't leave any soon to be de-orbiting debris behind, as the 5B does.