China launches 27th group of low-Earth-orbit satellites for satellite internet(1/3)

A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying the 27th group of low-Earth-orbit satellites for China's satellite internet network lifts off from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, at 3:27 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2026. The satellites successfully entered their planned orbits. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Jianqiu)

A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying the 27th group of low-Earth-orbit satellites for China's satellite internet network lifts off from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, at 3:27 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2026. The satellites successfully entered their planned orbits. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Jianqiu)

A Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying the 27th group of low-Earth-orbit satellites for China's satellite internet network lifts off from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, at 3:27 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2026. The satellites successfully entered their planned orbits. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Jianqiu)