A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan XVI remote-sensing satellite blasts off from the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 25, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
Combination photo taken on Nov. 25, 2012 shows a Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan XVI remote-sensing satellite blasting off from the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center confirmed that China successfully launched the Yaogan XVI remote-sensing satellite into space at 12:06 a.m. Sunday.
The satellite, launched from the center in northwest China's Gansu Province, was boosted by a Long March-4C carrier rocket and sent into a predetermined orbit.
The Yaogan XVI remote-sensing satellite was developed by an affiliate research institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
It has been designed for a variety of uses, including technological experimentation, land resource surveying, agricultural yield estimation and disaster prevention and reduction.
The launch marked the 172th of the Long March series carrier rockets.
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