China launches Yaogan-26 remote sensing satellite- Report

BEIJING: China today launched a remote sensing satellite into the preset orbit from a launchpad in northern part of the country.

Yaogan-26 was launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The satellite will mainly be used for scientific experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention, the report said.

The satellite was carried by a Long March-4B rocket, marking the 202th mission for the rocket family.

China launched the first satellite in the " Yaogan" series, Yaogan-1, in 2006.