China launches commercial Lijian 1 Y5 carrier rocket

JIUQUAN -- China on Monday launched the Lijian 1 Y5 commercial carrier rocket with 15 satellites onboard.

The rocket blasted off at 12:03 pm (Beijing Time) from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in northwest China and sent the 15 satellites, including the Jilin 1 Gaofen series, Yunyao 1 series, Xiguang 1 series, and a remote-sensing satellite launched for Oman, into their planned orbits.