China executed two orbital missions on 17 August, lifting its 2025 launch tally to 47. A Long March 4C rocket blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 08:55 UTC, placing the Shiyan-28B 02 satellite into low-Earth orbit. State media said the spacecraft will conduct space-environment monitoring and technology demonstrations. The flight marked the 589th mission for the Long March family and China’s 46th launch of the year. Roughly five and a half hours later, a Long March 6A lifted off from Taiyuan at 14:15 UTC, deploying the ninth batch of Guowang—also branded SatNet—broadband satellites. Tracking data indicate five spacecraft were released into a near-polar, 985-kilometre orbit. It was the fifth Guowang launch in 21 days as Beijing accelerates deployment of the low-Earth-orbit constellation intended to provide global internet coverage. With both missions completed within a single day, China continues to underscore its growing launch cadence and ambitions in telecommunications and technology-testing satellites.