(Xinhua)10:25, May 01, 2019
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 Chinas Shanxi Province.
A Long March 4B carrier rocket, with two Tianhui II-01 satellites, lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, north Chinas 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. [Photo: Xinhua/Liu Qiaoming]
The satellites were launched by a Long March 4B carrier rocket, which was the 303rd mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
A Long March 4B carrier rocket, with two Tianhui II-01 satellites, lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, north Chinas 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. [Photo: Xinhua/Liu Qiaoming]
The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping.