China launches new test satellites via Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the CentiSpace-1-S3/S4 test satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 6, 2022. The two new test satellites were launched at 10:24 a.m. Beijing Time (0224 GMT) and have entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China sent two new test satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday.

The CentiSpace-1-S3/S4 test satellites were launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 10:24 a.m. (Beijing Time) and they have entered the planned orbit successfully.

This was the 17th flight mission of the Kuaizhou-1A rockets, according to the launch center. 

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the CentiSpace-1-S3/S4 test satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 6, 2022. The two new test satellites were launched at 10:24 a.m. Beijing Time (0224 GMT) and have entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the CentiSpace-1-S3/S4 test satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 6, 2022. The two new test satellites were launched at 10:24 a.m. Beijing Time (0224 GMT) and have entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the CentiSpace-1-S3/S4 test satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 6, 2022. The two new test satellites were launched at 10:24 a.m. Beijing Time (0224 GMT) and have entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the CentiSpace-1-S3/S4 test satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Sept. 6, 2022. The two new test satellites were launched at 10:24 a.m. Beijing Time (0224 GMT) and have entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)