It is reported that the launch was carried out at 11:26 local time (06:26 Moscow time) from the Taiyuan cosmodrome in the northern province of Shanxi.
According to the agency, the ZY-1 02D apparatus will be used by specialists to study natural resources, environmental monitoring, natural disaster prevention, and environmental protection.
Earlier, Russia proposed that China take up the joint creation of a lunar base for monitoring outer space and exploring deep space.