Jiuquan, June 14 -- China launched an electromagnetic monitoring satellite on Saturday which is expected to enhance Beijing's "space-air-ground" integrated monitoring of major natural disasters.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, successfully sending the Zhangheng 1-02 satellite into its planned orbit, according to the China National Space Administration.
The satellite's deployment represents the latest achievement in enhancing the country's space-based geophysical field observation capability and will further strengthen its space-air-ground integrated monitoring ability for major natural disasters, it noted.
The administration said that the Zhangheng 1B is the re...