Location:
Xichang, , CHINA
Post Date:
Dec 26, 2023 7:37 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotostwo733433
(RM)
Credit:
Qiu Lijun / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
4973 x 3362 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Qiu Lijun
Keywords:
cn, jt
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(231226) -- XICHANG, Dec. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket and the Yuanzheng-1 (Expedition-1) upper stage attached to the carrier rocket, carrying two new satellites for the BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3), blast off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 26, 2023. The two satellites, the 57th and 58th satellites of the BeiDou system, were launched at 11:26 a.m. (Beijing Time). (Photo by Qiu Lijun/Xinhua)