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China's Long March-8 rocket launches new internet satellites

Xinhua
| April 8, 2026
2026-04-08

A Long March-8 carrier rocket carrying 18 internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan province on April 7, 2026. The rocket blasted off at 9:32 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 7th batch of networking satellites for the Qianfan Constellation, into preset orbit. [Photo/Xinhua]

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