A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-9 satellite, a high-definition earth observation satellite, blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 14, 2015. It will be used for land surveys, city planning, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
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JIUQUAN, Gansu, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-9, as part of the country's high-definition Earth observation project.
Gaofen-9 was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 12:42 p.m. aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket. It was the 209th flight of the Long March rocket series.Full Story
