# China’s Long March-8A rocket launches new internet satellites

https://mins.news/en/item/13602

- China News Service, 2026-08-05 02:47 UTC
- Science
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-05/detail-ihfhziqh0061457.shtml

> China has successfully placed a new group of internet satellites into orbit. The launch took place on Tuesday from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Wenchang, in southern China’s Hainan Province. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said the Long March-8A rocket carried out the mission.

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