On November 14, 2014 at 18:53 UTC the “Long March – 2C” (“Changzheng-2C”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the “Yaogan-23” remote sensing satellite. The satellite will be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveying, estimating crop yields and disaster relief. As was the case in the last launches of the Yaogan Weixing series, western analysts believe this class of satellites is used for military purposes.
