China launched a Long March-12 carrier rocket on Monday, sending a group of internet satellites into space, Xinhua reported.

The rocket took off at 6:21 p.m. (local time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan. It successfully deployed the payloads, the seventh group of low-orbit internet satellites, to their preset orbit.

The launch marked the 587th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets, according to the launch site.