China launches land exploration satellite
Xinhua |
Updated: 2017-12-23 15:18
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JIUQUAN -- China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert at 12:14 pm Saturday Beijing Time.
The satellite is mainly used for remote sensing exploration of land resources.
A Long March-2D rocket carried the satellite into space.
The launch was the 259th mission of the Long March rocket series.
