Unstoppable China blasts a TV broadcasting satellite atop Long March-3B rocket

JUST IN: Another jaw dropping nighttime launch of Chinese Long March-3B. China successfully sent a new #satellite, Zhongxing-6E, by a Long March-3B carrier rocket into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 7:23 pm (Beijing Time) on Thursday in SW China’s Sichuan At 1123 UTC today China launched a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang, carrying the DFH-4E-based Zhongxing-6E/ChinaSat-6E C- & Ku-band communications satellite into GTO. This was China’s 52nd orbital launch of 2023. This marks the 496th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets. #chinaspace #longmarch3B #ChinaSat6E