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.　

(Reported by Ma Shuaisha, Feng Yang, An Di;　Edited by Liu Yinghan)