China launches new remote sensing satellite into orbit

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A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket carrying the Jilin-1 Gaofen 02D satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, September 27, 2021. /China Media Group

China successfully sent a satellite into preset orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday.

The satellite, known as Jilin-1 Gaofen 02D, was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket at 2:19 p.m.

This is China's 11th mission using the KZ-1A carrier rockets.

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