A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Zhongxing-2E satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 6, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

XICHANG - China sent the Zhongxing-2E satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province at 0:30 am Friday.

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The satellite has entered its preset orbit.

Friday's launch was the 383rd mission of the Long March rocket series.