![A Long March 4B carrier rocket, with two Tianhui II-01 satellites, lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, April 30, 2019. China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 a.m. Beijing Time Tuesday (1052 GMT Monday) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping. [Photo: Xinhua/Liu Qiaoming]](http://img3.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20190430/78d61735-707e-4c11-a3ff-4d1a26f4d785.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 a.m., Beijing Time, Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province.
The satellites were launched by a Long March 4B carrier rocket, which was the 303rd mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
![A Long March 4B carrier rocket, with two Tianhui II-01 satellites, lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, April 30, 2019. China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit at 6:52 a.m. Beijing Time Tuesday (1052 GMT Monday) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping. [Photo: Xinhua/Liu Qiaoming]](http://img2.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20190430/08eee5d8-7eab-40b2-a701-cdf436a8e83b.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_623)
The satellites will be used for scientific experiments, land resource survey, geographic survey and mapping.
