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China on Sunday said it has "successfully" launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites, which will constitute an internet constellation, state media reported.

The satellites were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi province, Beijing-based Xinhua News reported.

The satellite group, the fifth of its kind, lifted off aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.

It marked the 585th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.