On Monday, China launched a Long March-12 rocket that sent a group of Internet satellites into space.
The rocket took off at 18:21 from the Hainan Cosmodrome in the southern island province of Hainan. It successfully placed the payload – the seventh group of low-orbit Internet satellites – into the target orbit.
The launch marked the 587th mission of the Long March series launch vehicles, according to the launch site.
A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying a group of Internet satellites was launched from the Hainan Cosmodrome in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, August 4, 2025. The rocket took off at 18:21 from the Hainan Cosmodrome in the southern island province of Hainan. It successfully placed the payload – the seventh group of low-orbit Internet satellites – into the target orbit.
