China launches new remote-sensing satellites


A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, May 7, 2021. - Xinhua

XICHANG (China Daily/ANN): China successfully sent a remote-sensing satellite group into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Friday (May 7).

Belonging to the Yaogan-30 family, the satellites were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2.11am Beijing time.

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