A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 9, 2023. The satellite was launched at 7:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. It will carry out test missions for satellite internet technologies. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, July 9 (Xinhua) -- China on Sunday sent a new test satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

The satellite was launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 7:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit.

It will carry out test missions for satellite internet technologies.

The launch was the 478th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 9, 2023. The satellite was launched at 7:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. It will carry out test missions for satellite internet technologies. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 9, 2023. The satellite was launched at 7:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. It will carry out test missions for satellite internet technologies. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)