China launches new remote sensing satellite

China on Wednesday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote-sensing satellite in space.　

The rocket blasted off at 6:56 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan and sent the Yaogan-42 01 satellite into the preset orbit.　

It was the 515th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.　

(Reported by Ma Shuaisha, Chen Haojie, Xu Lihao;　Edited by Zhou Jing)