China launched a CERES-1 Y8 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday, sending a new satellite into a planned orbit.
The commercial rocket blasted off at 12:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, carrying the Jilin-1 Kuanfu 02A satellite.
It was the 8th flight mission to use the CERES-1 rocket series.