2025/05/29
Ministry of National Defense Statement on the PRC's Carrier Rocket Launch
Time: 0900 hours, May 29, 2025
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated today (May 29) that at 0131 hours, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) conducted a satellite launch mission using a carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. The rocket’s flight path traversed central Taiwan’s airspace toward the western Pacific Ocean, at an altitude outside the atmosphere, posing no hazard to Taiwan. The Republic of China (ROC) Armed Forces employed integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to closely monitor the situation and maintained vigilance and readiness to respond.