China launches new internet satellite group

TAIYUAN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China sent a new satellite group into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.

The satellite group, the 15th group of low-orbit internet satellites, was launched at 6:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.

This launch marked the 613th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. ■