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China launches new test satellite for satellite internet technologies

CGTN

 , Updated 14:50, 31-Dec-2023
00:35

China sent a new satellite for testing satellite internet technologies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.

The satellite was launched by a Long March-2C rocket at 8:13 a.m. Beijing Time, and has entered the preset orbit.

A Long March-2C rocket carrying a satellite for testing satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, December 30, 2023. /China Media Group
A Long March-2C rocket carrying a satellite for testing satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, December 30, 2023. /China Media Group

A Long March-2C rocket carrying a satellite for testing satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, December 30, 2023. /China Media Group

Saturday's launch marks the 48th successful flight mission in 2023 by the rockets developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which has sent more than 130 spacecraft into scheduled orbits in the year.

It is also the 505th flight mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series.

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