China sent a new satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday.
The satellite group, the 15th group of the country's low-orbit internet satellites, was launched at 06:11 (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.
This marked the 613th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
China launches new internet satellite group
Tehran was hit by a barrage of airstrikes on Tuesday, with thick smoke rising in many parts of the city, according to a China Media Group (CMG) reporter stationed in the Iranian capital.
Video footage shot by the reporter showed smoke and dust engulfing nearby buildings after one airstrike.
Airstrikes also threw up thick columns of smoke in western, eastern, and far northeastern Tehran, with all the explosions occurring within minutes of each other, according to the reporter.
Airstrikes continue in Tehran: CMG reporter