China launches new communications satellite

STORY: China launches new communications satellite DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:19 LOCATION: XICHANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of satellite STORYLINE: China on Thursday sent a new communications satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The "ChinaSat 26" satellite was launched at 7:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The satellite will mainly provide high-speed broadband access services for fixed terminals as well as vehicle-mounted, shipborne and airborne terminals. It is an example of China's major space infrastructure. It is a new-generation, high-throughput satellite that is developed to meet the demand for satellite internet and communication transmissions. It is also China's first high-throughput satellite with a communications capacity of more than 100 gigabits per second (Gbps). It will work together with the in-orbit, high-throughput satellites ChinaSat 16 and ChinaSat 19 to provide hi

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(230223) -- XICHANG, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the "ChinaSat 26" satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Liu Guanghui/Xinhua)

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(230223) -- XICHANG, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the "ChinaSat 26" satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Liu Guanghui/Xinhua)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(230223) -- XICHANG, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the "ChinaSat 26" satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Shi Yue/Xinhua)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(EyesonSci) CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITE-LAUNCH (CN)

(230223) -- XICHANG, Feb. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the "ChinaSat 26" satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 23, 2023. (Photo by Shi Yue/Xinhua)