China successfully launches new ocean observation satellite

A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the satellite HY-1D, is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, north China's Shanxi Province, June 11, 2020. China successfully sent an ocean observation satellite into orbit on Thursday. The new satellite will form China's first satellite constellation for marine civil service together with HY-1C, which was launched in September 2018. (Photo by Zheng Taotao/Xinhua)