China Launches New Batch of Low-Orbit Internet Satellites Into Space - Corporation

09:45 GMT, 26 December 2025

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China has successfully launched a group of low-Earth-orbit internet satellites into orbit, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Friday.

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"The launch was fully successful," CASC wrote on social media.

A Long March-8A carrier rocket lifted off at 07:26 local time (23:26 GMT) from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island, the corporation added.

This was the 620th mission carried out by a rocket from the Long March family.

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