Mon, 19 May 2025
EyesonSci | China's CERES-1 rocket launches new satellites from sea

HAIYANG, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket from the waters near east China's Shandong Province on Monday, placing four new satellites into planned orbit.

The commercial rocket blasted off at 3:38 p.m. (Beijing Time), carrying the four satellites belonging to the Tianqi constellation.

The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carried out the offshore launch.

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