China sends two environmental monitoring satellites into space

China has successfully launched two environmental monitoring satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province on Sunday (Sept 27, 2020). - China Daily/ANN

TAIYUAN, Sept 27 (Xinhua): China has successfully launched two environmental monitoring satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.

A Long March-4B rocket carrying the HJ-2A and HJ-2B satellites took off at 11.23am (Beijing Time), according to the launch centre.