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China’s Long March-8A rocket launches new internet satellites

BEIJING, 13th March, 2026 (WAM) — China launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket on Friday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a new group of internet satellites into space.

The rocket lifted off at 3:48 am (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 20th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.

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