A remote sensing satellite group composed of three satellites carried by a Long March-2D carrier rocket is launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province July 27, 2023.  (PHOTO / XINHUA)

XICHANG - China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Thursday to place a group of three remote sensing satellites in space.

The three satellites of the Yaogan-39 family were launched at 3:36 pm (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan and entered the planned orbit.

This mission is the 485th flight of the Long March carrier rockets.