China launched a high-orbit internet services satellite into space on Thursday from the Sichuan Province’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwest of the country.
The satellite was successfully placed into its predetermined orbit after being launched aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time).
This was the Long March carrier rocket series’ 510th launch.
February 29, 2024, sees the launch of a Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, southwest China. On Thursday at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite was launched and it successfully entered its planned orbit. (Image via Xinhua/Xiao Xinjiang)
February 29, 2024, sees the launch of a Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, southwest China. On Thursday at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite was launched and it successfully entered its planned orbit. (Image via Xinhua/Xiao Xinjiang)
February 29, 2024, sees the launch of a Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, southwest China. On Thursday at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite was launched and it successfully entered its planned orbit. (Image via Xinhua/Xiao Xinjiang)