China launches record 41 satellites into space (1/5)

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 41 satellites including a Gaofen 06A, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, June 15, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)

The satellites are mainly used to provide commercial remote sensing services and related technology verification.

This was the 476th flight mission of Long March rocket.

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 41 satellites including a Gaofen 06A, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, June 15, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 41 satellites including a Gaofen 06A, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, June 15, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 41 satellites including a Gaofen 06A, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, June 15, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)

A Long March 2D carrier rocket carrying 41 satellites including a Gaofen 06A, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, June 15, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zheng Bin)