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China’s commercial CERES-1 Y7 rocket launches 7 satellites

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Beijing: China on Thursday launched the CERES-1 Y7 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending seven satellites into planned orbit.

The commercial rocket blasted off at 12:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, carrying seven satellites, including the Xiguang-1 01 satellite.

The launch was the 7th flight mission using the CERES-1 rocket series.

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