The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release explaining "the satellite launch on a carrier rocket by the CCP" (March 21, 2024)

Press release of the Ministry of National Defense

Time: March 21, 2024 at 16:50

The Ministry of National Defense stated that as of 13:27 today (21^st), the Chinese Communist Party had carried out a satellite launch mission on a carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. The rocket flight path passed through our northern air defense identification zone, and headed toward the Western Pacific. Since the altitude was outside the atmosphere, 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.