Navi-satellites sent into space

China sent twin satellites into space on Friday on a single carrier rocket to help its BeiDou system provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road Initiative. The Long March-3B carrier rocket took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 7:18 am. The twin satellites are coded as the 26th and 27th satellites in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. This is the first launch of BeiDou satellites in 2018.

JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY SICHUAN HUNAN People enjoy a light moment at a skating rink in Beijing’s Summer Palace on Friday. A total of 700,000 square meters of ice in the former imperial garden are open to the public.