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China launches new internet satellite group
By Xinhua Published: Dec 09, 2025 08:59 AM
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the 15th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 9, 2025. The satellite group was launched at 6:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang/Xinhua)

A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the 15th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 9, 2025. The satellite group was launched at 6:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang/Xinhua)

China sent a new satellite group into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.

The satellite group, the 15th group of low-orbit internet satellites, was launched at 6:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.

This launch marked the 613th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the 15th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 9, 2025. The satellite group was launched at 6:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang/Xinhua)

A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the 15th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 9, 2025. The satellite group was launched at 6:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang/Xinhua)