China launches internet satellite group

A group of low Earth orbit satellites is launched by a Long March-5B carrier rocket with a Yuanzheng-2 (Expedition-2) upper stage atop the rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 16, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

China successfully sent a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in southern Hainan orovince on Tuesday.

The satellite group, the third of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 4:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket with a Yuanzheng-2 (Expedition-2) upper stage atop the rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.

The launch marked the 573rd mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.