China successfully launches Yunhai-1(01) satellite for environment monitor

China successfully launched a Yunhai-1(01) satellite with a Long March-2D carrier rocket Saturday from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Yunhai-1(01) satellite is mainly designed for detecting environmental elements in the atmosphere and ocean, the space environment, disaster prevention and reduction, and scientific experimentation. Both the satellite and its carrier rocket are designed and made by the Shanghai Institute of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Saturday's is the 240th flight of China's Long March carrier rockets.