A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a pair of satellites, Siwei 03 and 04, blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province, July 16, 2022. (ZHANG BIN / XINHUA)
TAIYUAN – China on Saturday launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket to place two satellites in space.
The pair of satellites, Siwei 03 and 04, were lifted at 6:57 am (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered the preset orbit.
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They will provide commercial remote sensing services for sectors such as land resources investigation, natural disaster monitoring, urban planning and safety.
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The mission marked the 427th flight of the Long March carrier rockets.