China launches 3 satellites into space

ISTANBUL

China launched a group of remote-sensing satellites into space on Thursday.

The indigenously built Long March-2D carrier rocket launched with three satellites of the Yaogan-36 family from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, located in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

According to Beijing-based Xinhua News, the satellite is in pre-set orbit.

The launch was the 480th flight of the Long March carrier rockets.