Muscat: China launched today the Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket with three satellites onboard. According to Oman News Agency, the rocket blasted off at 11:33 (Beijing Time) from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in northwest China and successfully sent the satellites into the planned orbit. The three satellites are Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04 satellites, Xinhua added.
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