China on Wednesday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket, sending three new satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 12:01 Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits.

These satellites will be mainly used for space environment exploration and related technology verification.

This was the 608th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.