On April 26, 2018, at 04:42 the “Long March –11” (“Changzheng-11”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited the five small satellites as a part of a larger Earth-imaging fleet under development by Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science and Technology Co. based in southern China’s Guangdong province. Known as the “Zhuhai-1” constellation, the commercial remote sensing satelliyes will survey natural resources, cities, crops and forests, and other environmental features.