China sends 4 new satellites into space

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) – China on Tuesday launched into space four new satellites, state media reported.

The satellites were aboard the Kuaizhou-11 Y4 carrier rocket and were blasted into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country.

Wuhan-1 satellite and an ultra-low orbit technology test satellite were among the four new satellites.

A day earlier, Beijing also sent four satellites into space aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket.

The rocket blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi.