A Long March-4C rocket carrying the second group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan 29, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

JIUQUAN — China successfully sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday.

The remote sensing satellite was launched at 12:01 pm (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2C carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.

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The launch was the 464th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.