China science, technology news summary -- May 7

BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.

SATELLITE LAUNCH

China sent a remote-sensing satellite group into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday.

Belonging to the Yaogan-30 family, the satellites will be used for electromagnetic environmental detection and related technological tests.

FOSSIL DISCOVERY

A team of Chinese paleontologists discovered an early-Jurassic fossil of a young dinosaur in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The specimen was about 1.7 meters long, and the shape of its teeth suggested the dinosaur was herbivorous, according to the study published in the journal Acta Geologica Sinica.

RESEARCH ICEBREAKER

China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, concluded the country's 37th Antarctic expedition on Friday, and returned to the home port in Shanghai.

Xuelong 2 traveled more than 36,000 nautical miles over the past 179 days. It carried out rescue operations for international Antarctic expedition members and forged international cooperation in the Antarctic expedition material supply.