China launches satellite to test new internet technology.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the satellite was launched into space at 2:07 a.m. (Beijing time, or 3:07 a.m. Vietnam time) by a Long March-2D rocket and has entered its predetermined orbit.

On May 31st, China successfully launched a test satellite for new internet technology from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, in southwestern China.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the satellite was launched into space at 2:07 a.m. (Beijing time, or 3:07 a.m. Vietnam time) by a Long March-2D rocket and has entered its predetermined orbit.

This satellite is primarily used to test and verify technologies for direct broadband connectivity between mobile phones and satellites, as well as integrated space-ground network technologies.

This was the 646th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

The Long March-2D rocket was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Aerospace Technology, part of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This rocket is capable of launching one or multiple satellites simultaneously.

(VNA/Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/trung-quoc-phong-ve-tinh-thu-nghiem-cong-nghe-internet-moi-post1113672.vnp