A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying a communication technology experiment satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Dec.30,2021.The satellite has entered the planned orbit.(Photo by Zheng Zhongli/Xinhua)

XICHANG,Dec.30(Xinhua)--China successfully sent a new communication technology experiment satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday.

The satellite was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 0:43 a.m.(Beijing Time)and has entered the planned orbit.

The launch marked the 405th mission of Long March series carrier rockets.Enditem