China's Long March 8A rocket launches new internet satellites
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Updated: 2026-03-13 09:34
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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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