Posted: Sun, Dec 10, 2023, 11:35 AM ET (1635 GMT)
China launched a new internet technology experiment satellite from a sea platform Tuesday. The Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon-3) solid rocket lifted off from a mobile sea platform in waters off the coast of Guangdong province at 2:24 pm EST (1914 GMT). Details about the satellite, placed into a near-polar orbit at an altitude of more than 900 kilometers, have not been disclosed. The Jielong-3 is a four-stage rocket that can place up to 1,500 kilograms into sun-synchronous orbit. This was the second flight of the Jielong-3, nearly a year after the first, also from a sea platform.

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