China launches mystery spy satellite as Nasa forced to scrap Artemis take-off


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CHINA has launched a satellite that experts worry could be used to spy on other nations. The Chinese space program has ramped up efforts while Nasa 's Artemis 1 launch was scrapped a second time. 2 The Yaogan 33 ( 02 ) lifted off on top of a Long March 4C rocket Credit: CNSA/OurSpace The Yaogan 33 ( 02 ) satellite took off from the Gobi Desert on September 2nd. The Chinese government has billed the satellite as a space tool for "science experiments, census of national land resources, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention." But Space .com notes that...