On October 26, 2015, at 07:10 UTC the “Long March –2D” (“Changzheng-2D”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The rocket orbited the “Tianhui-1-03” mapping satellite. China’s third “Tianhui” mapping satellite was built for land resource surveys and scientific research.