Jiuquan - (Xinhua) -- China launched into space on Sunday a satellite to explore the sun, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of the country, to advance its scientific endeavors to uncover the secrets of the sun.

The Advanced Solar Observatory in Space (ASO-S) was launched on a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 07:43 a.m. (Beijing Time), successfully entering its planned orbit.