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China launches internet satellite group

Published: 29 Apr 2025 - 07:36 pm | Last Updated: 29 Apr 2025 - 07:38 pm
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QNA

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

The satellite group, the third of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket with a Yuanzheng-2 (Expedition-2) upper stage atop the rocket, according to China's News Agency (Xinhua).

The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.

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