China launches Tianlian II-03 satellite (1/2)

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Tianlian II-03 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 13, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Qiu Lijun)

It will provide data relay and TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) services for manned spacecraft and low and middle orbit resources satellites.

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Tianlian II-03 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 13, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Qiu Lijun)