BEIJING, Sept 19: China on Wednesday launched a satellite co-developed with Brazil to take high-definition photographs of the Earth's surface, state media reported. The satellite, named 02B, lifted off shortly before noon on a Long March 4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi province, the Xinhua news agency said. This is the third Sino-Brazilian satellite to enter into orbit, following launches in 1999 and 2003.
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