A Long March-11 rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-21 blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 16, 2022. The rocket blasted off at 2:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and sent the satellite Shiyan-21 into preset orbit. (Photo by Ying Longfei/Xinhua)
XICHANG, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday launched a Long March-11 rocket, placing a satellite in space.
The rocket blasted off at 2:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and sent the satellite Shiyan-21 into preset orbit.
Shiyan means "experiment" in Chinese. The newly launched Shiyan satellite will be used for in-orbit verification of new space technologies.
It was the 456th flight mission of the Long March series rockets, said the launch center.
A Long March-11 rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-21 blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 16, 2022. The rocket blasted off at 2:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and sent the satellite Shiyan-21 into preset orbit. (Photo by Ying Longfei/Xinhua)
A Long March-11 rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-21 blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 16, 2022. The rocket blasted off at 2:17 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China and sent the satellite Shiyan-21 into preset orbit. (Photo by Ying Longfei/Xinhua)
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