A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. The five satellites were launched at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and have entered the planned orbit. The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. [Photo/Xinhua]
JIUQUAN, Dec. 12 -- China on Thursday sent a group of five experiment satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
The five satellites were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 3:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered the planned orbit.
The launch was the 551st mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a group of five experiment satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 12, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
