<p class="title">China on Monday successfully launched two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan, marking the first international commercial launch for the Long March-2C rocket in about 19 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The satellites, PRSS-1 and PakTES-1A were launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 am.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A scientific experiment satellite, PakTES-1A, developed by Pakistan, was sent into orbit via the same rocket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This is another space cooperation between China and Pakistan since the launch of PAKSAT-1R, a communication satellite, in August 2011, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The PRSS-1 will be used for land and resources surveying, monitoring of natural disasters, agriculture research, urban construction and providing remote sensing information for the Belt and Road region.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Today's launch is the 279th mission of the Long March rocket series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is also the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket in nearly two decades after it carried Motorola's Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.</p>
<p class="title">China on Monday successfully launched two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan, marking the first international commercial launch for the Long March-2C rocket in about 19 years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The satellites, PRSS-1 and PakTES-1A were launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 11:56 am.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The PRSS-1 is China's first optical remote sensing satellite sold to Pakistan and the 17th satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for an overseas buyer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A scientific experiment satellite, PakTES-1A, developed by Pakistan, was sent into orbit via the same rocket.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This is another space cooperation between China and Pakistan since the launch of PAKSAT-1R, a communication satellite, in August 2011, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The PRSS-1 will be used for land and resources surveying, monitoring of natural disasters, agriculture research, urban construction and providing remote sensing information for the Belt and Road region.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Today's launch is the 279th mission of the Long March rocket series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is also the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket in nearly two decades after it carried Motorola's Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.</p>