The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release explaining "the satellite launch on a carrier rocket by the CCP" (March 13, 2024)

Press release of the Ministry of National Defense

Time: March 13, 2024 at 21:50

      The Ministry of National Defense stated that as of 20:51 today (13^th), the Chinese Communist Party had carried out a satellite launch mission on a carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan. The rocket flight path passed through central Taiwan, and headed toward the Western Pacific. Its altitude was outside the atmosphere so it posed no harm to Taiwan. The Armed Forces adopted joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems to closely monitor ballistic dynamics, trajectories, and other information to provide appropriate warning and response.