China launched the Ziyuan III remote sensor satellite for civilian use from the Taiyuan satellite launch centre in northern Shanxi province on 9 January.
The satellite weighs 2,650 kg and entered an orbit 500 kilometres above the Earth about 12 minutes after it was launched.
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