JIUQUAN - China launched two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites into the preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 12:12 pm on Jan 19 Beijing Time.

The satellites, Jilin-1 Video 07 and 08, were carried by a Long March-11 rocket.

This was the 264th mission of the Long March rocket series.

China launches two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites, Jilin-1 Video 07 and 08, into the preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Jan 19, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]

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