A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a new set of test satellites for internet technology blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 24, 2026. (Photo by Xu Lihao/Xinhua)

XICHANG, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a new set of test satellites for internet technology into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern Sichuan Province on Friday.

The satellites were launched at 2:35 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and have entered the preset orbits successfully.

The satellites were launched at 2:35 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered the preset orbits successfully. (Photo by Xu Lihao/Xinhua)