Earth Observation: Chinese Satellite Gets First Success

China has had initial success in launching a satellite to observe Earth. The satellite has successfully entered its planned orbit.

The Goofin 12 satellite was launched into space on Monday night by the Long March 4C carrier, which entered orbit as planned.

The satellite will be used in various fields including land survey, urban planning, road network design, crop production estimation and disaster prevention.

This was the 425th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.