Wednesday 23 / October / 2024
Beijing: China on Sunday launched a Long March-4C rocket, placing a satellite in space.
The rocket blasted off at 7:43 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China and sent the satellite Shiyan-23 into preset orbit.
The satellite will mainly be used for space environment monitoring. It was the 522nd flight mission of the Long March series rockets.
