A Smart Dragon-3 successfully lifted off on Sunday from the sea near Haiyangandong Province, China, deploying the CentiSpace 02 into its planned orbit.

The launch occurred at 11:49 p.m. Beijing Time and was conducted by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center as part of an offshore mission.

This marks another step in China’s growing satellite deployment efforts, utilizing sea-based launch platforms for flexible orbital access, Xinhua has reported.