On November 25, 2012 at 04:06 UTC the "Chang Zheng-4C” (Long March) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest Gansu Province, China. The rocket orbited the "Yaogan-16” remote sensing satellite The satellite was developed by an affiliate research institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It has been designed for a variety of uses, including technological experimentation, land resource surveying, agricultural yield estimation and disaster prevention and reduction.
