China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province on Tuesday.

The satellite, Gaofen 11-04, was launched by a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 3:37 p.m. Beijing Time (0737 GMT) and has entered its planned orbit.

According to the center, the Gaofen 11-04 will be used in various fields, including land survey, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimates, and disaster prevention and reduction.

The launch marked the 457th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets. It is also the 11th and the last launch mission of the Long March-4 series rockets in 2022.

The three-stage liquid-propellant Long March-4 rocket series has seven subtypes, each designed to satisfy different launch missions. The Long March-4B can carry one or multiple satellites into the sun-synchronous orbit and has a carrying capacity of 2.5 tonnes.

(Gong Zhe contributed to the story.)