China launches secretive TJS-27 pair, orbits next-gen Tianlian relay sat

China launched a secretive pair of TJS-twenty-seven satellites on Wednesday aboard a Long March six-A rocket, SpaceNews reports. The mission also put into orbit a next-generation Tianlian relay satellite, upgrading China's on-orbit communications capabilities.

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