New satellite heads to space

Taking off: The ‘Long March-4C’ rocket carrying the Gaofen-3 03, a new Earth-observation satellite launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwest. — China Daily/ANN

JIUQUAN: China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

The satellite, Gaofen-3 03, was launched by a Long March-4C rocket at 7.47am local time on Thursday and has entered the planned orbit successfully.