China launches 16 new satellites

China on Wednesday sent 16 new satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi Province.

The satellites, including a Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D09 satellite and Yunyao-1 04-08 satellites, were launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 12:50 pm Beijing Time and entered the orbit successfully.

(Produced by Chen Xiangru, Li Peitian and Dong Feng)