China launched the third earth resources satellite jointly
developed by China and Brazil on Wednesday morning.
The satellite, dubbed 02B, was lifted by a Chinese Long March-4B
carrier rocket which blasted off at 11:26?AM (Beijing Time)
from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi
Province.
The satellite will gather earth resources information and send
earth images to China, Brazil and other countries, which can be
used for agricultural production, environmental protection, city
planning and land resources survey.
This is the third earth resources satellite launched. The
previous two satellites were launched in 1999 and 2003
respectively.
(Xinhua News Agency September 19, 2007)