China’s rocket launches 8 satellites into orbit
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket blasts off from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, on June 15, 2026. The rocket blasted off at 11:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent eight satellites into the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
JIUQUAN, June 15 (Xinhua) — China on Monday launched a Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket with eight satellites onboard.
The rocket blasted off at 11:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent the satellites into the planned orbit. ■
A Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket blasts off from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, on June 15, 2026. The rocket blasted off at 11:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent eight satellites into the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket blasts off from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, on June 15, 2026. The rocket blasted off at 11:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent eight satellites into the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket blasts off from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China, on June 15, 2026. The rocket blasted off at 11:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent eight satellites into the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
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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.…
