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China launches Zhongxing-6D satellite

STORY: China launches Zhongxing-6D satellite DATELINE: April 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: XICHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the new satellite being launched STORYLINE: China successfully sent a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday. The satellite, Zhongxing-6D, was launched at 8 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It will provide reliable, stable and safe radio and television transmission and communication services. This launch marked the 415th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xichang, China. (XHTV)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(220415) -- XICHANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-6D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 15, 2022. The satellite has entered the planned orbit. It will provide reliable, stable and safe radio and television transmission and communication services. (Photo by Xie Qiyong/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(220415) -- XICHANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-6D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 15, 2022. The satellite has entered the planned orbit. It will provide reliable, stable and safe radio and television transmission and communication services. (Photo by Xie Qiyong/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(220415) -- XICHANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-6D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 15, 2022. The satellite has entered the planned orbit. It will provide reliable, stable and safe radio and television transmission and communication services. (Photo by Xie Qiyong/Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(220415) -- XICHANG, April 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-6D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 15, 2022. The satellite has entered the planned orbit. It will provide reliable, stable and safe radio and television transmission and communication services. (Photo by Xie Qiyong/Xinhua)

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GSDF helicopter makes crash landing in rice field in Sendai

A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter stands in a rice field in Sendai's Miyagino Ward, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2015. The OH-6D helicopter, which left an airfield in Wakabayashi Ward in the city, made a crash landing there around 10:10 a.m. the same day. Its two crew members were safe. The broken tail rotor is seen in the foreground. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF helicopter makes crash landing in rice field in Sendai

A Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter stands in a rice field in Sendai's Miyagino Ward, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2015. The OH-6D helicopter, which left an airfield in Wakabayashi Ward in the city, made a crash landing there around 10:10 a.m. the same day. Its two crew members were safe. The broken tail rotor is seen in the foreground. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo