China launches environment-monitoring satellite
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China has launched an environmental monitoring satellite Huanjing-1C. The satellite was launched on the back of a Long March-2C carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province.
The Huanjing-1C along with the previously launched Huanjing-1A, and Huanjing-1B satellites will monitor most of the country on a daily basis. It will keep an eye out for flooding, drought, typhoons and landslides.
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Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an environment-monitoring satellite Huanjing-1C blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2012. The Huanjing-1C satellite and the other two satellites Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B, which were sent to the outer space in 2008, will be used to monitor the environment and help reduce natural disasters. [Xinhua] |
![Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an environment-monitoring satellite Huanjing-1C blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2012. The Huanjing-1C satellite and the other two satellites Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B, which were sent to the outer space in 2008, will be used to monitor the environment and help reduce natural disasters. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20121120/00016c42b25a121520571c.jpg "Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an environment-monitoring satellite Huanjing-1C blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2012. The Huanjing-1C satellite and the other two satellites Huanjing-1A and Huanjing-1B, which were sent to the outer space in 2008, will be used to monitor the environment and help reduce natural disasters. [Xinhua]")
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