China today successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite which will be mainly used in agricultural resources research and disaster monitoring, official media reported.
The Gaofen-6 satellite was launched on a long March-2D rocket at 12:13 PM (local time) from the Jiuquan Satellite launch Centre in northwest China.
A scientific experiment satellite named luojia-1 was sent into space at the same time.
It was the 276th mission of the long March rocket series, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.