XICHANG, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday.
The satellites, belonging to the Yaogan-35 family, were launched at 11:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
This launch marked the 396th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.
