China launches three LEO communication satellites ahead of launch surge

China launched three payloads onboard a Chang Zheng 2C rocket today at 10:30 UTC and confirmed the success of the launch an hour later. For this flight, the additional Yuanzheng-1S third stage was used. The launch was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) and the rocket flew to a low Earth orbit (LEO). So far no details were released about the payloads, and only minimal information is out regarding the purpose of the three payloads. More

(Source: NASASpaceFLight.com - May 22)