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China launches new internet satellite group

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China launches a Long March-12 carrier rocket from the southern island province of Hainan, China, September 17, 2026. /VCG
China launches a Long March-12 carrier rocket from the southern island province of Hainan, China, September 17, 2026. /VCG

China launches a Long March-12 carrier rocket from the southern island province of Hainan, China, September 17, 2026. /VCG

China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket from the southern island province of Hainan Thursday, sending a batch of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 8:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. The payloads, the 25th group of low-orbit internet satellites, entered the designated orbit successfully.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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