China launches new internet satellites

WENCHANG, Hainan, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket from the southern island province of Hainan Wednesday, sending a batch of internet satellites into space.

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The rocket lifted off at 9:32 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. The payloads, the 26th group of low-orbit internet satellites, entered the designated orbit successfully.