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China launches two new satellites

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A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Nov. 25: China launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket on Monday, placing two satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 7:39 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and sent the pair of satellites, Siwei Gaojing-2 03 and Siwei Gaojing-2 04, into the preset orbit.

It was the 547th flight mission of the Long March series of rockets.

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