# China’s Long March-12 rocket successfully launches new internet satellite group

https://mins.news/en/item/23751

- China News Service, 2026-08-17 01:58 UTC
- Tech
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-17/detail-ihfifqmx7365123.shtml

> China launched its 24th group of low-orbit internet satellites on Sunday from a commercial spacecraft site in Hainan. The satellites, developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, were carried by a Long March-12 rocket, lifted off at 12:10 p.m. Beijing time and reached their planned orbits. The mission was the Long March family’s 663rd flight.

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