(Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)
YANGJIANG, Guangdong, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket from the sea, sending seven satellites into planned orbits.
The SD-3 commercial rocket blasted off at 2:37 p.m. (Beijing Time) from waters off the coast of Yangjiang in south China's Guangdong Province. The seven satellites include Pakistan's PRSC-EO2 satellite.
The offshore launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. ■
