A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a new high-orbit internet-services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

China sent a new high-orbit internet-services satellite into space on Thursday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite was launched at 9:14 pm (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.

The launch marks the 529th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. 

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a new high-orbit internet-services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

 

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a new high-orbit internet-services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo: Xinhua