A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the Geely-05 constellation satellites blasts off from the sea near the city of Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 9, 2025. The satellites were launched at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) and they entered the planned orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
RIZHAO, Shandong, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) — A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Tuesday morning from east China’s Shandong Province, sending the Geely-05 constellation satellites into planned orbits.
The rocket blasted off at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Rizhao.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. ■
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the Geely-05 constellation satellites blasts off from the sea near the city of Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 9, 2025.
The satellites were launched at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) and they entered the planned orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the Geely-05 constellation satellites blasts off from the sea near the city of Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 9, 2025.
The satellites were launched at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) and they entered the planned orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the Geely-05 constellation satellites blasts off from the sea near the city of Rizhao, east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 9, 2025.
The satellites were launched at 3:48 a.m. (Beijing Time) and they entered the planned orbits. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
