TAIYUAN - China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province.

The satellite, Tianping-3, was launched at 8:10 am (Beijing Time) using a Long March-6 carrier rocket, and has successfully entered its preset orbit.

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It will provide services such as atmospheric space environment surveys and orbital prediction model corrections.