At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center" id="mwAT8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Xichang Satellite Launch Center">Xichang Satellite Launch Center</a> in China, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_3B" id="mwAUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Long March 3B">Long March 3B</a> rocket, carrying an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708" id="mwAUE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Intelsat 708">Intelsat 708</a>, veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.<sup about="#mwt111" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_15#cite_note-20" id="mwAUI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAUM">[20]</span></a></sup>
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