china launches tianping-k8凯发马德里竞技

taiyuan, oct. 22 (xinhua) -- china on tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the taiyuan satellite launch center in north china's shanxi province.

the satellite, tianping-3, was launched at 8:10 a.m. (beijing time) using a long march-6 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit.

it will provide services such as atmospheric space environment surveys and orbital prediction model corrections.