China sends broadband communication satellite into orbit(1/3)

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket carrying a broadband communication satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 a.m. (Beijing Time) Jan. 16, 2020. The broadband communication satellite, developed by a Beijing-based company, is the first one of the Beijing-based GalaxySpacet. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Wei)

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket carrying a broadband communication satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 a.m. (Beijing Time) Jan. 16, 2020. The broadband communication satellite, developed by a Beijing-based company, is the first one of the Beijing-based GalaxySpacet. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Wei)

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket carrying a broadband communication satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:02 a.m. (Beijing Time) Jan. 16, 2020. The broadband communication satellite, developed by a Beijing-based company, is the first one of the Beijing-based GalaxySpacet. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Wei)