LIFTOFF! Unstoppable China cranks out 3rd launch in three days as Smart Dragon-3 rips from the sea

3 DAYS 3 LAUNCHES: China ups the launch tempo, this time blasting a Smart Dragon-3 rocket (Jielong-3) to bring up its third launch in 3 days. China on Wednesday used a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket to launch a test satellite into planned orbit, where it will test satellite internet technologies. Smart Dragon 3 successfully launched a internet demo satellite from the sea near Yangjiang, Guangdong, at ~19:24UTC on December 06 (BT). This brings up 57th orbital launch for China this year. #ChinaSpace #SmarDragon3 #SD3