China’s Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifts 14 satellites in maiden flight
(Xinhua) 09:47, December 10, 2022
A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying 14 satellites blasts off in the Yellow Sea Dec. 9, 2022. (Photo by Guo Houze/Xinhua)
YANTAI, Shandong, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — China launched a Smart Dragon-3 rocket at the Yellow Sea on Friday, placing 14 satellites into the planned orbit.
The commercial rocket blasted off at 2:35 p.m. (Beijing Time). The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission.
It was the maiden flight of the Smart Dragon-3 rocket.
