JIUQUAN, Dec 22, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – China launched a tech-experimental
satellite as part of the Hongyun Project, a low-orbit broadband communication
satellite system on Saturday morning.
A Long March-11 rocket carrying the experimental satellite blasted off
from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 7:51 a.m.. It
successfully entered its preset orbit.
It was also the first satellite of the Hongyun Project. The successful
launch signifies the substantial progress of China in mapping the low-orbit
broadband communication satellite system, said developer China Aerospace
Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).