Chinese rocket Smart Dragon-3 launches test satellite
China launched a test satellite into a predetermined orbit on Wednesday (Dec. 6) using a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket to test satellite internet technologies.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the rocket from waters off the coast of Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, at 3:24 a.m. (Beijing Time).
The launch is the second mission of the Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket series.
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