WENCHANG, Hainan, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket on Saturday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan, sending an internet satellite group into space.

The rocket lifted off at 3:27 a.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully placed the payload, the 27th group of low-orbit internet satellites, into the preset orbit.