China launches 21st group of internet satellites to orbit
China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan satellite launch center in north China's Shanxi province on thursday.
The satellite group, the 21st group of low-orbit internet satellites, was launched at 3:38 a.m. (Beijing time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and has entered its preset orbit, News.Az reports, citing English.news.
This launch marked the 637th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a new satellite group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, on April 9, 2026.
China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. The satellite group, the 21st group of low-orbit internet satellites, was launched at 3:38 a.m. (Beijing time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and has entered its preset orbit.
By Leyla Şirinova
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