In this file photo dated Jan 29, 2021, 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. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

TAIYUAN — China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Thursday evening to place new remote-sensing satellites in space.

The satellites of the PIESAT-1 constellation were lifted at 6:50 pm (Beijing Time) on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi province, and then entered the preset orbit.

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They will mainly provide commercial remote-sensing data services.

This mission was the 469th flight of the Long March carrier rockets.