China has successfully sent a group of Internet satellites into low Earth orbit using a CZ-8A (Long March-8A) carrier rocket, China Central Television reported. The rocket launched from the commercial site of the Wenchang Space Launch Center, located in the southern province of Hainan. It features a 5.2 m fairing and has an overall length of 50.5 m. The rocket can deliver up to 9.8 tons of payload to low Earth orbit (3.5 tons to geostationary transfer orbit). Beijing is actively advancing its national space program, creating meteorological, telecommunications and navigation satellites, as well as technologies designed for lunar exploration. There is a Chinese space station operating in Earth orbit, which is also intended for international cooperation.