China successfully launched new space exploration satellites on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest of the country.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said that the satellites were launched at by a Long March-2C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and entered the preset orbits successfully.
Macao Science 1 takes a twin-satellite approach and Satellite A carries payloads like high-precision magnetometers to detect Earth’s magnetic field. Satellite B is equipped with payloads like high-energy particle detectors and solar X-ray instruments to obtain space environment data.
Source: Qatar News Agency
