China launches remote sensing satellites
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XICHANG -- China launched a series of Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellites at 1:39 pm Thursday on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
A micro-nano 1A satellite was also sent into space along with the Yaogan-30 satellites.
The satellites have successfully entered their preset orbit.
They will conduct electromagnetic environmental probes and other experiments.
The launch was the 265th mission for the Long March rocket family.
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