{"id":302977,"date":"2025-12-07T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/302977\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T09:22:18","slug":"china-launches-new-internet-satellite-group-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/302977\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches new internet satellite group-Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"bf8oQka10DsAhyP4Sh\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B4zidaNEgtxBRX95.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25120603870798\" data-name=\"20251206244ac0be62e445d8b72cf7dc83b0005b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. (Xinhua\/Guo Cheng)<\/p>\n<p>WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) &#8212; China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Saturday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a group of internet satellites into space.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit. \u25a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"t4L2nwizEnk2WMC9sH\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/64czlwhUrObNUzTW.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25120607375072\" data-name=\"20251206cc02bfeaed704d9b914f30a4cb354b2c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. (Xinhua\/Guo Cheng)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"OV040PcNGdUeBD53EP\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A7MakJtjSM5UteN1.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25120605588812\" data-name=\"2025120628219ed1eeb14129bb469bba6d8f49ea.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. (Xinhua\/Guo Cheng)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"CTCLtBsj2otUiaNCIa\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EONN8WS0zXASbeGV.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25120601952643\" data-name=\"20251206c0351502637346819a4ee1cb78369823.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. (Xinhua\/Guo Cheng)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"KLgV8BvX4Kvm9CgEE2\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/s2qPL4H8iI9wNHeJ.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25120608225400\" data-name=\"20251206630509ba02a2401c8867ba2b98d67168.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. (Xinhua\/Guo Cheng)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Z4A8zq0qrbpNczoDKH\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c6LPEMrcDkrUMipO.jpg\" data-material-id=\"25120604613637\" data-name=\"202512068e61d6732d9a40f5a48b5a77e650addc.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying the 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in south China&#8217;s Hainan Province, Dec. 6, 2025. The rocket lifted off at 3:53 p.m. on Saturday. It successfully placed the payloads into preset orbit. 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