China's Lijian-2 rocket launches new group of satellites

JIUQUAN, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched a Lijian-2 Y2 carrier rocket from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China on Tuesday.

Photo by Li Siqi

Lifting off at 8:15 a.m. (Beijing Time), the rocket sent its payloads, a new satellite group, into the planned orbit.