China launches internet satellite group

A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province on July 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

China successfully launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province on Sunday.

The satellite group, the fifth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, lifted off at 6:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.

The launch marked the 585th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.

A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province on July 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]