China successfully launches remote sensing satellites

PTI, Beijing :
China today successfully launched remote sensing satellites to conduct electromagnetic environmental probes.
It was the 260th mission of the Long March rocket family, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The satellites were launched on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite launch center in the southwest Sichuan province, it said.
They have entered its preset orbit and the launch was proclaimed a success, the report said, without disclosing the number of satellites launched.