(251013) -- JIUQUAN, Oct. 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the Shiyan-31 test satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct. 13, 2025. China successfully launched a new test satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday.
The Shiyan-31 test satellite was launched at 6:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the preset orbit successfully. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua) 