A Long March-4C rocket carrying China's new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan III" lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Monday morning, November 12, 2007. [Photo: Xinhuanet.com]

China launched a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan III" Monday morning.

The satellite was launched on a Long March-4C carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 6:48 a.m. (Beijing Time).

The 2,700-kilogram satellite will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying, crop yield estimate and disaster prevention and relief.

Both the satellite and the rocket are developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology affiliated to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The launch was the 104th mission of China's Long March series of rockets.