China launches three new satellites into space
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)
China launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket on Wednesday, sending three new satellites into space.
The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.
These satellites will primarily be used for space environment exploration and the verification of related technologies.
This was the 608th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. ■
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.
These satellites will primarily be used for space environment exploration and the verification of related technologies. (Photo by Sun Haiying/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.
These satellites will primarily be used for space environment exploration and the verification of related technologies. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.
These satellites will primarily be used for space environment exploration and the verification of related technologies. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.
These satellites will primarily be used for space environment exploration and the verification of related technologies. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying three new satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, on Nov. 19, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.
These satellites will primarily be used for space environment exploration and the verification of related technologies.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
