A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:03 a.m. (Beijing Time) in northwest China, May 19, 2021. China sent the new ocean-monitoring satellite on Wednesday into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:03 a.m. (Beijing Time) in northwest China, May 19, 2021. China sent the new ocean-monitoring satellite on Wednesday into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:03 a.m. (Beijing Time) in northwest China, May 19, 2021. China sent the new ocean-monitoring satellite on Wednesday into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
JIUQUAN, May 19 (Xinhua) — China sent a new ocean-monitoring satellite on Wednesday into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite took off at 12:03 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the launch center. Enditem