Jiuquan (Xinhua) -- China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday.
The Gaofen-12 03 satellite was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 11:46 p.m. (Beijing time) and successfully entered the planned orbit.
It will be used in a variety of fields, including land surveying, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster relief.
This is the 425th flight of the Long March series carrier rocket.
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China launches a new Earth observation satellite