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China's Long March 8A rocket launches new internet satellites

Xinhua | Updated: 2026-03-13 09:34

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A Long March 8A carrier rocket carrying the 20th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in South China's Hainan province, March 13, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua]

WENCHANG -- China launched a Long March 8A carrier rocket on Friday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 3:48 am (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 20th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.

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