China launched a Chang Zheng 11 at 0123 UTC, placing 9 satellites in sun-sync orbit. The satellites are all in Changuang Satellite Tech's Jilin-1 constellation: three video sats (Jilin-1 GaoFen 03C 01 to 03 xing) and six pushbroom imager sats (Jilin-1 GaoFen 03B 01 to 06 xing)
The CZ-11 was launched from a barge called 德渤三号 (Debo-3), which sailed from the new Shandong Eastern Spaceport at Haiyang.
This is the second CZ-11 sea launch; the previous flight in 2019 was a test using a different barge, the Tai Rui, before the Eastern Spaceport was opened.
Here's the CZ-11 launch
And here's the ship in port during a test raising the rocket to vertical. Can anyone geolocate? I took a look at Haiyang harbor but haven't found that dock.
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