China successfully launches new remote sensing satellite

A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 15, 2022. The satellite, Yaogan-36, was launched at 3:12 a.m. (1912 GMT Oct. 14) and entered the planned orbit successfully. (Photo by Ying Longfei/Xinhua)

XICHANG, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

The satellite, Yaogan-36, was launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 3:12 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday and entered the planned orbit successfully.

This was the 444th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.