China launches three new satellites(1/3)

China sent a resource satellite and two small satellites into planned orbits from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Thursday. They were launched on a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:26 a.m. (Beijing Time). The resource satellite, ZY-1 02D, will provide observation data for natural resources asset management, ecological monitoring, disaster prevention and control, environmental protection, urban construction, transportation and contingency management. (Photo: China News Service/ Zheng Taotao)

China sent a resource satellite and two small satellites into planned orbits from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Thursday. They were launched on a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:26 a.m. (Beijing Time). The resource satellite, ZY-1 02D, will provide observation data for natural resources asset management, ecological monitoring, disaster prevention and control, environmental protection, urban construction, transportation and contingency management. (Photo: China News Service/ Zheng Taotao)

China sent a resource satellite and two small satellites into planned orbits from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Thursday. They were launched on a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:26 a.m. (Beijing Time). The resource satellite, ZY-1 02D, will provide observation data for natural resources asset management, ecological monitoring, disaster prevention and control, environmental protection, urban construction, transportation and contingency management. (Photo: China News Service/ Zheng Taotao)