China successfully launches test satellite for satellite internet technology

A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a test satellite for satellite internet technology into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the country's northwest, on Tuesday.

The satellite was launched at 9:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit.

This was the 595th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Li Yunxi/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Li Yunxi/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket, with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage attached to the rocket, carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technology, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2025. The satellite has successfully reached its preset orbit. (Photo by Li Yunxi/Xinhua)