Chinese demo satellites shot into space by Long March

China successfully launched a Long March 2C rocket Sunday, orbiting a pair of engineering research satellites to test new technologies in space, according to state-run media reports. The Long March 2C launcher lifted off at 0325 GMT Sunday (11:25 p.m. EDT Saturday) from the Taiyuan space center in northern China's Shanxi province, a remote site about 265 miles southwest of Beijing. Launch occurred at 11:25 a.m. Beijing time. More

(Source: Spaceflight Now - Oct 15)