China boosts its apace industry by launching its new remote sensing satellite

The satellites were launched on a Long March-2C carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province.

part of the third batch of the Yaogan-30 project, which will conduct electromagnetic environmental surveys among other experiments, further boosting the country's competitiveness in space science,
22 rocket launches in 2016, ranking top in the world together with the US. The number in 2017 is likely to see a slight drop from 2016, as several space projects have been delayed due to the unsuccessful launch of the latest heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-5 Y2