China's Long March 8A rocket launches internet satellites
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WENCHANG, Hainan -- China launched a Long March 8A carrier rocket on Thursday in the southern island province of Hainan, sending a group of internet satellites into space.
The rocket lifted off at 9:33 am from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 12th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into preset orbit.