The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/for chinadaily.com.cn]

JIUQUAN — China on Saturday launched the Kuaizhou-11 Y8 carrier rocket with one space experimental spacecraft onboard.

The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. [Photo by Wang Haixia/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. It successfully sent the payloads into the planned orbit.