According to him, the launch was carried out from the Xichang cosmodrome (southwestern Sichuan Province) at 20:11 Beijing time using a CZ-3B rocket (Changzheng-3-bi). For the Changzheng series carriers, this is the 560th mission.
The CZ-3B (the CZ-3B/E model was used at launch) is a three-stage liquid-fuel rocket with a 4.2 m fairing diameter. It reaches 56.3 m in length and is capable of launching up to 12 tons of payload into low-Earth orbit. This carrier is usually used to send satellites to a geostationary transition orbit, where it can deliver up to 5.5 tons. tass.ru.
