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China launches disaster monitoring satellites

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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Launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province and carried by a Long March 2C rocket, the two satellites are expected to enhance the China's capacity to forecast natural disasters, according to Bai Zhaoguang, a leading scientist and designer of the satellites.

"The role of the satellites will be significant when China faces such natural disasters as this year's snowstorms and massive earthquake," he said.

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Hazards Earthquake
Themes Space and aerial technology
Country and region China

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