A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the satellite Chinasat-9C blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 20, 2025. The satellite Chinasat-9C was launched at 8:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, and entered the preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Xu Lihao/Xinhua)

China sent a new satellite into space on Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

The satellite Chinasat-9C was launched at 8:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, and entered the preset orbit successfully.

A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the satellite Chinasat-9C blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 20, 2025. The satellite Chinasat-9C was launched at 8:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, and entered the preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Xu Lihao/Xinhua)

The launch marks the 582nd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.