A CERES-1 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 5, 2025. China on Friday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket, sending a group of satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 7:39 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending the Kaiyun-1, Yuxing-3 08 and Yunyao-1 27 satellites into a preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket, sending a group of satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 7:39 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending the Kaiyun-1, Yuxing-3 08 and Yunyao-1 27 satellites into a preset orbit. ■

A CERES-1 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 5, 2025.

China on Friday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket, sending a group of satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 7:39 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending the Kaiyun-1, Yuxing-3 08 and Yunyao-1 27 satellites into a preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Haixia/Xinhua)

A CERES-1 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sept. 5, 2025.

China on Friday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket, sending a group of satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 7:39 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending the Kaiyun-1, Yuxing-3 08 and Yunyao-1 27 satellites into a preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Heng/Xinhua)