TAIYUAN - China on Friday sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province.

The Gaofen-11 05 satellite was launched at 11:03 am (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4B carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.

It will be used in a variety of fields including land surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster relief.

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The launch marked the 528th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.