Beijing, January 9, 2023, SPA -- China on Monday morning launched three satellites into space, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. Three satellites named Shijian-23, Shiyan-22A, and Shiyan-22B were blasted off at 6 a.m. Beijing time (2200GMT Sunday) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan using a Long March-7 carrier rocket. “It is the country's first successful launch of 2023,” the Chinese daily Global Times reported. It was also the 459th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series. The satellites will be “used for scientific experiments and technical verification, in-orbit verification tests of new technologies such as space environment monitoring.” --SPA 10:45 LOCAL TIME 07:45 GMT 0006 www.spa.gov.sa/w1837279