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China launches land exploration satellite

Xinhua,January 13, 2018 Adjust font size:

JIUQUAN, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- China launched a land resources exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert at 3:10 p.m. Saturday Beijing Time.

A Long March-2D rocket carried the satellite into space.

The launch was the 263th mission of the Long March rocket series. Enditem