<span style="color: #222222;">China today successfully sent twin navigation satellites into the space on a single carrier rocket. State run Xinhua news agency reported that the Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province this morning. It was the 283rd mission of the Long March rocket series.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The twin satellites entered orbit more than three hours after the launch. After a series of tests, they will work together with 10 other BeiDou-3 satellites already in orbit.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The twin satellites were developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.</span><br />