China launches land exploration satellite

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China launches a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 23, 2017. The satellite is mainly used for remote sensing exploration of land resources. A Long March-2D rocket carried the satellite into space. (Photo/Xinhua)


China launched a land exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert at 12:14 p.m. Saturday 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 259th mission of the Long March rocket series.

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