Chinese carrier rocket blasts off from new commercial launch site(1/2)

A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying two experimental satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan, Nov. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)

China successfully launched a new carrier rocket into space from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province.

The Long March-12 carrier rocket sent two experimental satellites into their planned orbits.

A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying two experimental satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan, Nov. 30, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei)