China launches Tianping-3 satellite

China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.　

The satellite, Tianping-3, was launched at 8:10 a.m. (Beijing Time) using a Long March-6 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit.　

It will provide services such as atmospheric space environment surveys and orbital prediction model corrections.