China launches Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite

A Long March-2D rocket carrying Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite lifts from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's gobi desert on May 15, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

JIUQUAN - China's Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on Sunday at 10:43 am from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwestern China's gobi desert.

The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.

Yaogan-30 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 227th mission for the Long March rocket family.

China launched the first "Yaogan" series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.