China launches Zhongxing-1D satellite

By / Xinhua / Updated: 16:44,29-November-2021

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-1D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 27, 2021. The satellite, Zhongxing-1D, was launched at 0:40 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Bai Xiaofei/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday.

The satellite, Zhongxing-1D, was launched at 0:40 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.

This launch marked the 399th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-1D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 27, 2021. The satellite, Zhongxing-1D, was launched at 0:40 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Bai Xiaofei/Xinhua)

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-1D satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 27, 2021. The satellite, Zhongxing-1D, was launched at 0:40 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Bai Xiaofei/Xinhua)

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