Key Takeaways
- China’s Smart Dragon-3 rocket successfully launched 8 satellites from the sea in a historic offshore launch.
- The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carried out the launch from the waters near Haiyang city.
- A total of 8 satellites, including Tianyi-41, were launched into planned orbit.
Haiyang, Shandong: China launched a Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket from the waters near the city of Haiyang in east China’s Shandong Province on Tuesday, placing eight satellites into planned orbit.
The commercial rocket blasted off at 10:31 a.m. (Beijing Time), carrying Tianyi-41 and other satellites.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center played a key role in this historic offshore launch.
