Watch a nighttime launch of a Chinese communications satellite in real-time & slo-mo

A Long March-3C rocket launched the Tianlian I-05 data & relay satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 6, 2021.

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television | produced & edited by [Steve Spaleta](http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)