27 September 2020
China has successfully launched two environmental monitoring satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province on 27 September. A Long March-4B rocket carrying the HJ-2A and HJ-2B satellites took off at 11:23 BJT, according to the launch centre.
They will replace the HJ-1A and HJ-1B, the previous generation of environmental monitoring satellites, to provide services concerning environmental protection, natural resources, water conservancy, agriculture and forestry, according to CAST - the satellite developer.
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