China launched a group of internet satellites into orbit on December 9th reports China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the State-owned space contractor.

The satellites, the 15th group of low-orbit hardware in China’s State-owned internet network, were lifted by a Long March 6A carrier rocket at 6:11 am (Beijing time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and soon reached their orbital positions shortly after launch.

The satellites were designed and built by the China Academy of Space Technology, a CASC subsidiary in Beijing. With this latest edition, China’s State-run mega internet satellite network now includes more than 110 satellites.

The launch marked China’s 81st space mission and the 613th flight of the Long March rocket fleet. It was also the fifth time the Long March 6A model has been used to deploy low-orbit internet satellites.

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