China launches marine satellite to monitor climate change
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china sent a new marine satellite into orbit on friday to help improve understanding of maritime waters and climate change1 a long march-2c rocket carrying the hy-1c satellite took off at 1115 a.m. from the taiyuan satellite launch centre in north chinas shanxi province1 the satellite hy-1c will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment according to the state administration of science technology and industry for national defence1 its data will also be used in the survey of the resources and environment of chinas offshore waters islands and coastal zones marine disaster relief and sustainable utilisation of ocean resources said the administration1 with a design life of five years the satellite was developed by china spacesat co. ltd. under the china academy of space technology1 fridays launch was the 284th of the long march rocket series1