Muscat: China successfully launched a Long March-8A carrier rocket from the Hainan Commercial Spacecraft Launch Site today, deploying a new cluster of internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The mission, conducted from China’s southern island province, successfully placed all satellites into their designated orbits according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

According to Oman News Agency, this deployment represents the twelfth batch of satellites dedicated to China’s expanding internet satellite constellation, marking another advancement in the country’s space-based communications infrastructure development.