China launched a new test satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Friday.

A Long March-2C rocket, attached with the Yuanzheng-1S (Expedition-1S) upper stage, blasted off at 12:11 p.m. It has sent the Shiyan-33 satellite into the preset orbit.

The satellite will be mainly used for scientific experiments on space environment detection.

It marked the 635th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.