A Long March-12 carrier rocket, carrying the 22nd group of low-orbit internet satellites, blasts off from a commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan Province, June 17, 2026. (Photo by Liu Jianqiu/Xinhua)
WENCHANG, Hainan, June 17 (Xinhua) -- China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket on Wednesday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan, sending an internet satellite group into space.
The rocket lifted off at 10:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully placed the payload, the 22nd group of low-orbit internet satellites, into the preset orbit, according to the launch site.
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