A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on July 27, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Yapeng)
The satellite group, the fifth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, lifted off at 6:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) Sunday aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully. The launch marked the 585th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on July 27, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Yapeng)
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on July 27, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Yapeng)
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on July 27, 2025. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Yapeng)
