In this Dec 16, 2022 file photo, a Long March-11 rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-21 blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province.
XICHANG – China on Thursday launched a Long March-3B carrier rocket, using it to place a new experiment satellite in space.
The rocket blasted off at 12:43 pm (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and carried the Shiyan-10 02 satellite to a preset orbit.
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Shiyan means "experiment" in Chinese. The newly launched Shiyan satellite will be used for in-orbit verification of new space technologies, such as space environment monitoring.
It was the 458th flight mission to use a Long March series rocket.