China successfully launches test satellite for satellite internet technology
Updated: September 16, 2025 16:20Xinhua
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. [Photo/Xinhua]
JIUQUAN, Sept. 16 -- China successfully sent a test satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the country's northwest, on Tuesday.
The satellite was launched at 9:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit.
This was the 595th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025.[Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
