China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket

China on Saturday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite into space. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 P.M Local Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China and sent the Gaojing-3 02 satellite into the preset orbit. The mission also launched the Tianyan-23 satellite. It was the 564th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.