China launches land exploration satellite
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Updated: 2018-01-13 17:39
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JIUQUAN -- China launched a land resources exploration satellite into a preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert at 3:10 pm 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.
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