Remote-sensing satellite launched

TAIYUAN: China yesterday launched a remote-sensing satellite, Yaogan VI, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province. The satellite was launched on a Long March 2C carrier rocket at 10:55 am, the center reported. It will be mainly used for land resources survey, environmental surveillance and protection, urban planning, crop yield estimates, disaster prevention and reduction, and space science experiments.

Xinhua