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China launches two satellites for scientific experiments

Updated: Apr 30,2019 9:37 AM     Xinhua

TAIYUAN — China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 am, Beijing Time, on April 30 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province.

The satellites were launched by a Long March 4B carrier rocket, which was the 303rd mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.

The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping.