China launches high-orbit internet service satellite

China on 29th of Feb, sent a high-orbit internet services satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.

The launch was the 510th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024. 

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024. 

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024.