China launched a new group of internet satellites from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan Province on Wednesday.

A Long March-12 rocket, carrying the 22nd group of low-Earth orbit internet satellites, blasted off at 10:44 a.m., and has sent the satellites into preset orbit.

Developed by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, the carrier rocket is capable of supporting multiple orbital launch missions. It has a payload capacity of at least 12 tonnes to low-Earth orbit and at least 6 tonnes to a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 700 kilometers.

The launch marks the 652nd flight mission of Long March carrier rocket series.