{"id":74971,"date":"2025-08-18T07:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74971\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T07:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T07:46:11","slug":"china-launches-low-earth-orbit-satellite-group-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74971\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches low Earth orbit satellite group-Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Aug. 17, 2025. China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites on Sunday. The satellite group — the ninth of its kind — will form an internet constellation. It was launched at 10:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered their preset orbits successfully. (Photo by Shang Yuhang\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n

TAIYUAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The satellite group — the ninth of its kind — will form an internet constellation. It was launched at 10:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket.<\/p>\n

The satellites entered their preset orbits successfully.<\/p>\n

The launch marked the 590th mission of the Long March carrier rockets. \u25a0<\/p>\n

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A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Aug. 17, 2025.<\/p>\n

China launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The satellite group — the ninth of its kind — will form an internet constellation. It was launched at 10:15 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket.<\/p>\n

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