XICHANG, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday sent a high-orbit internet services satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

 

The satellite was launched at 9:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.

 

The launch was the 510th mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.