China launches a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place a group of nine commercial satellites in space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province on June 2, 2022. (LI XIAOMENG / XINHUA)
XICHANG – China on Thursday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place a group of nine commercial satellites in space.
The Geely-01 constellation consisting of nine satellites were lifted at 12:00 pm (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province and entered the preset orbit.
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Owned by GeeSpace, a subsidiary of Geely Technology Group, the satellite constellation will be mainly used to research and validate technologies, such as travel services of intelligent connected vehicles, and vehicle/mobile phone and satellite interaction. It will also provide data support for marine environmental protection.
This was the 422nd flight mission of the Long March rocket series.