China launches two communications satellites for IoT project(1/4)

Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, May 12, 2020. The successs of the launch marked the beginning of China's new generation spaceborne IoT project, codenamed the "Xingyun Engineering" project. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, May 12, 2020. The successs of the launch marked the beginning of China's new generation spaceborne IoT project, codenamed the "Xingyun Engineering" project. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, May 12, 2020. The successs of the launch marked the beginning of China's new generation spaceborne IoT project, codenamed the "Xingyun Engineering" project. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, May 12, 2020. The successs of the launch marked the beginning of China's new generation spaceborne IoT project, codenamed the "Xingyun Engineering" project. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)