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China launches new satellites to survey electromagnetic environment

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the fourth group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites blasts off. Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua.
A Long March-4C rocket carrying the fourth group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites blasts off. Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua.

The fourth group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Xinhua News Agency reports.

The satellites were carried by a Long March-4C rocket and have entered their planned orbits.

The satellites will be used for electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests.

It was the 363rd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

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