China launched a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan II" from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 15:12 Beijing Time on Friday.

The satellite, launched by a "Long March 2D" carrier rocket, will be used for scientific research, land resources surveying, crop yield estimate and disaster forecast, according to the China Academy of Space Technology, the main developer of the satellite.

It is reported that on March 26, 2007, witnessed by the heads of state of China and Russia.Sun Laiyan,the director general of China National Space Administration, and Perminov,the director general of Russian Federation signed the "China National Space NASA and the Russian Federation on joint exploration of Mars -- Phobos cooperation agreement " The two sides established a joint on detection of Mars and "Phobos" in 2009.