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 Aug. 17, 2025. China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites on Sunday. The satellite group -- the ninth of its kind -- will form an internet constellation. It was launched at 10:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered their preset orbits successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang/Xinhua)
TAIYUAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.
The satellite group -- the ninth of its kind -- will form an internet constellation. It was launched at 10:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket.
The satellites entered their preset orbits successfully.
The launch marked the 590th mission of the Long March 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 Aug. 17, 2025.
China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites on Sunday.
The satellite group -- the ninth of its kind -- will form an internet constellation. It was launched at 10:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket.
The satellites entered their preset orbits successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang/Xinhua)
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