China's commercial rocket launches satellites from sea
2024-05-29 Ecns.cn Editor:Luo Pan
China on Wednesday sent a sea-launched rocket into space from the waters surrounding the eastern province of Shandong, placing a group of four satellites into planned orbit.
The launch vehicle, a sea-borne variant of commercial rocket CERES-1, blasted off at 4:12 p.m. (Beijing Time). The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted this offshore mission.
It was the 12th flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series, the launch center said.
(Reported by Ma Shuaisha, Guo Chaokai, Li Chen, Xu Baoxiang; Edited by Ma Yuxuan)