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China successfully launches remote sensing satellites

Updated: Nov 26,2017 8:45 AM     Xinhua

China launches remote sensing satellites at 2:10 am, Beijing Time, on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, on Nov 25, 2017. The satellites have entered the preset orbit and the launching mission was proclaimed a success. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING — China launched remote sensing satellites at 2:10 am, Beijing Time, Nov 25 on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan province.

The satellites have entered the preset orbit and the launching mission was proclaimed a success.

The satellites will conduct electromagnetic probes and other experiments.

The launch is the 256th mission of the Long March rocket family.

China launches remote sensing satellites at 2:10 am, Beijing Time, on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, on Nov 25, 2017. The satellites have entered the preset orbit and the launching mission was proclaimed a success. [Photo/Xinhua]