China launches new satellites

JIUQUAN -- China on Saturday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite into space.

The rocket blasted off at 12:11 pm (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent the Gaojing-3 02 satellite into the preset orbit.

The mission also launched the Tianyan-23 satellite.

It was the 564th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.