China launches high-orbit internet services satellite

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024. The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Xiao Xinjiang/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday sent a high-orbit internet services satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.

The launch was the 510th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024. The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Xiao Xinjiang/Xinhua)

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024. The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Xiao Xinjiang/Xinhua)

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a high-orbit internet services satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 29, 2024. The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday and entered its preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Xiao Xinjiang/Xinhua)