![Long March-3C carrier rocket blasts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 25, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://img0.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20181225/d664b092-5439-42af-80b1-22b27fb23a7f.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
China successfully launched the No. 3 telecommunication technology test satellite on Tuesday.
The satellite was launched at 0:53 a.m. Beijing Time by a Long March-3C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
![Long March-3C carrier rocket blasts off from the launch pad at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 25, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://img1.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20181225/8365d571-7032-4308-85b8-2a1c7954480c.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
The satellite was developed and produced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
There have been 296 Long March rocket missions.
