Xinhua
11 Oct 2024, 15:15 GMT+10
STORY: China launches 3rd high-orbit internet services satellite
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 10, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:28
LOCATION: XICHANG, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGYSHOTLIST:
1. various of the launching of the satellite STORYLINE:China on Thursday sent a new high-orbit internet services satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the country's southwestern Sichuan Province.
The satellite was launched at 9:50 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and then entered its preset orbit. It is the third member of an internet delivery high-orbit satellite group.
The launch was the 538th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series, the launch center said.Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xichang, China.
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