TAIYUAN, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China launched two satellites for monitoring ecological environment and natural disasters at around 11:25 a.m. here on Saturday.
The two satellites, launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, were carried by a Long March 2C rocket. They were expected to enhance the country's capacity to prevent and reduce natural disasters, according to Bai Zhaoguang, a leading scientist and designer of the satellites.
