China launches new satellites from sea
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RIZHAO, Shandong -- 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 am (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Rizhao.
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission.
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