A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Saturday morning in east China's Shandong Province, sending the Geely-04 constellation of satellites into planned orbit.

The rocket blasted off from sea at 12:31 a.m. (Beijing Time) near the city of Rizhao. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission.

It was the 6th flight mission to use an SD-3 rocket, according to the launch center.