China launches rockets on back-to-back days, 6 satellites lofted

China’s Ceres 1 rocket launches Qiankun-1 and Xingshidai-16 commercial satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on July 22, 2023. On July 23, a Long March 2D rocket launched 4 commercial remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by [Steve Spaleta](https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)