China: China conducted two successful space launches Thursday, sending a new batch of low-orbit internet satellites and two commercial interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) remote-sensing satellites into orbit, state media reported.

According to Anadolu Agency, the first launch took place at 8.32 a.m. (0032 GMT) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. A Long March-12 rocket successfully placed the 25th group of low-orbit internet satellites into orbit. This marked the 667th launch of the Long March rocket family.

Later in the morning, at 10.40 a.m. (0240 GMT), a Kuaizhou-11 Y3 solid-fuel rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China. This launch successfully carried two satellites into their preset orbits. This mission was the seventh for the Kuaizhou-11 rocket and represented the 40th launch of the Kuaizhou rocket series.