A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, June 27, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo) China successfully sent a new Earth observation satellite into space for land surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster relief on Monday.

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, June 27, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, June 27, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)