A Long March 4B carrier rocket, with two Tianhui II-01 satellites, lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, April 30, 2019. China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 a.m. Beijing Time Tuesday (1052 GMT Monday) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping. (Xinhua/Liu Qiaoming)
TAIYUAN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 a.m., Beijing Time, Tuesday 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.
