In this file photo, a Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a new remote-sensing satellite group blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan province, July 19, 2021.
JIUQUAN – China launched a group of remote-sensing satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday.
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The second group of the Yaogan-32 satellite family was launched by a Long March-2C rocket with an attached upper stage at 3:43 pm (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit.
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This was the 394th mission of the Long March rocket series.