China Launches New Group of Satellites

China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Sunday, October 25, from Hainan Province in the south of the country, as part of a mission to send a new group of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 10:03 a.m. Beijing time from the Hainan Commercial Spacecraft Launch Site. The satellites aboard successfully entered their predetermined orbit.

This launch marks the 28th batch of internet satellites deployed by China into low Earth orbit.