A "Long march II C" carrier rocket successfully launched the Shijian XI-01 Satellite at 10:45 on the 12th November, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
The satellite "Shijian XI-01" is carried by a China-developed Long March 2C rocket. China's Shijian, or "Practice", series of satellites are designed for scientific research and technological experiments. This is the 119th satellite flight in this series. Read more
It is suspected that a Long March 2C rocket with the Shijian XI-01 satellite was successfully launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu Province on the 12 November, 2009.
China will launch a scientific research satellite into space in the near future from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu Province, a spokesman with the centre said Wednesday. The satellite, "Shijian XI-01," would be carried by a China-developed Long March 2C rocket, he said.