China successfully launches sixth batch of low Earth orbit satellites(1/3)

A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites, blasts off from a commercial spacecraft launch site in south China's Hainan Province, July 30, 2025. (Photo/China News Service)

China successfully launched the sixth batch of low Earth orbit satellites a at 3:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) Wednesday. The satellite group will constitute an internet constellation.

The launch marked the 586th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.