A new communications technology experiment satellite was launched at 11:36 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 4, 2021.

The satellite will be used in communications, radio, television and data transmission, as well as technology tests. This launch marked the 360th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets