A high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, on July 3, 2020. (PHOTO / FOR CHINA DAILY)

TAIYUAN — China sent a high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite into the planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi province Friday.

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The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:10 am (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration.

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Friday's launch was the 337th by the Long March rocket series.