China launches experimental satellite for internet technology

China on Tuesday launched an experimental satellite for satellite internet technology from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

Carried by a Long March-2C carrier rocket with the Yuanzheng-1S upper stage, the satellite successfully entered its preset orbit.

The satellite, part of a larger batch, was developed by China's commercial satellite company Galaxy Space. To date, the company has launched 35 satellites into orbit, including China's first batch of low-Earth orbit broadband communication satellites.

With smartphones that have direct satellite communication capabilities and the first space-based computing satellite constellation under construction, the country is advancing its commercial space sector as a strategic new quality productive force.

(Cover: China successfully launches an experimental satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, September 16, 2025. /Galaxy Space)