The satellites, SuperView-1 01/02, blasted off at 11:23am Beijing time on the back of a Long March 2D rocket.
The satellites, able to provide commercial images at 0.5-meter resolution, will be used for scientific purposes and will be used on a commercial basis, TASS said. Two more satellites of the SuperView-1 satellite grouping are expected to be launched next year.
China launches 2 remote-sensing satellites
28 December 2016
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Two high-resolution remote-sensing satellites were successfully launched Wednesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi Province, Xinhua reported.
