Global Times
By Xinhua Published: May 18, 2026 09:23 AM
China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on Sunday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new satellite group into space.
The rocket lifted off at 10:42 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. The satellite group, which is the ninth batch that will constitute the Spacesail Constellation, entered into the preset orbit successfully.
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