China launches new remote sensing satellite

China said it has launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite into space.
The rocket blasted off at 12:12 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China and sent the Gaojing-3 01 satellite into the preset orbit.
The satellite would provide commercial remote sensing data services for emerging scenarios such as digital agriculture, urban information modelling and live 3D.
It is as well as traditional fields including land surveying and mapping, disaster prevention and mitigation and maritime monitoring.
It was the 516th flight mission of the Long March series rockets. (Xinhua/NAN)
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