A Long March-3B carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, May 9, 2024. /CMG
China launched a Long March-3B carrier rocket on Thursday morning to deploy a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite, named Smart SkyNet-1 01, is China's first medium Earth orbit (MEO) communication satellite.
The mission marked the 521st flight of the Long March carrier rocket series.
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