China launches land exploration satellite

Sun Dec 3, 2017 10:50AM
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This undated photo shows a module being lifted onto a Long March-4B rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Via AFP)
This undated photo shows a module being lifted onto a Long March-4B rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Via AFP)

China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 12:11 pm Sunday 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 257th mission of the Long March rocket series.

(Sources: Agencies)