WENCHANG, 31 July (BelTA - Xinhua) - China successfully launched a
new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Hainan commercial
spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan on
Wednesday.
The satellite group, the sixth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 3:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-8A carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.
The launch marked the 586th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
The satellite group, the sixth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 3:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-8A carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.
The launch marked the 586th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
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