TAIYUAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province on Wednesday.
The satellites, SuperView-1 01/02, blasted off at 11:23 a.m. Beijing time on the back of a Long March 2D rocket, according to the center.
They are able to provide commercial images at 0.5-meter resolution.
A small satellite designed and developed by middle school students was also launched together.
