China on Tuesday successfully launched a Long March-11 carrier rocket into space, sending three satellites into planned orbit.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the rocket from waters off the coast of Yangjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, at 6:39 a.m. (Beijing Time).
The satellites, Shiyan-24C, will be mainly used for space science and technology experiments.
It was the 503rd mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
