China launches satellite

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Chinese Space Technology Academy announced the Monday launch of a remote sensing satellite, sent aloft on a Long March-2D carrier rocket.

The "Yaogan IV" satellite, fired from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying, crop yield estimate and disaster prevention and relief, Xinhua reported.

Monday's mission was the 113th launch from the country's Long March series of rockets, the report said.