China launched a new group of low Earth orbit internet satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.
A modified Long March-6 rocket, carrying the ninth group of satellites for forming an internet constellation, was launched at 10:15 p.m. It has sent the satellites into their preset orbits.
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket, carrying a group of low Earth orbit internet satellites, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, August 17, 2025. /CMG
The carrier rocket, developed by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, is designed for meeting diverse and intensive launch requirements for both single and multiple satellites in tandem, parallel, stacked, wall-mounted and piggyback configurations.
The launch marks the 590th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
