China launches new communication technology experiment satellite

China successfully sent a communication technology experiment satellite into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the southern island province of Hainan on Friday. 　

The satellite was launched at 10:54 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. 　The satellite will be mainly used for multi-band and high-speed communication technology experiments. 　

This marks the 495th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.