China successfully launched a new satellite for internet technology testing
Kyiv • UNN
The Long March 2D rocket launched a spacecraft into orbit to test internet technologies. The satellite will verify direct mobile phone-to-space connectivity.
China successfully sent a new test satellite into space on Sunday to test internet technologies. This was reported by the country's central television, CCTV, according to UNN.
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The spacecraft was launched into low Earth orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, which lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province at 2:07 a.m. local time (9:07 p.m. Saturday Kyiv time).
The satellite is primarily used for technical testing and verification of direct broadband connection between mobile phones and the satellite, as well as integrated space-to-Earth network technologies.
The current launch marked the 646th flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.