(ECNS) -- China sent a new batch of internet satellites into orbit on Sunday from a commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan.

The satellites, the 24th group of the low-orbit internet satellites, lifted off aboard a Long March-12 carrier rocket at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered their preset orbits successfully. 

They were developed by China Academy of Space Technology. This launch marks the 663th overall flight of China’s Long March rocket family.

(By Intern Lin Qiaochu, Zhang Dongfang)