Chinese commercial rocket launches new group of satellites from sea

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A Smart Dragon-3 rocket, carrying a new group of satellites, blasts off from waters near the eastern province of Shandong, March 22, 2026. /CMG

China on Sunday launched a Smart Dragon-3 (also known as Jielong-3) carrier rocket from waters near the eastern province of Shandong, sending a new group of satellites into a preset orbit.

The rocket, carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02, blasted off at 11:49 p.m. from the sea near the Haiyang City.

The offshore launch mission was conducted by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

The rocket is a four-stage solid-propellant commercial rocket developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. It is mainly used for deploying spacecraft into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) and low-Earth orbit. It can deliver 1,500 kilograms of payload to an SSO at an altitude of 500 kilometers.

Sunday's launch marked the 10th flight mission of the rocket.

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