China launches a satellite to conduct high resolution Earth observation Friday afternoon.<br/> <br />The launch was the 175th in China's Long March series of rockets.<br/> <br />Three microsatellites, developed by Turkey, Argentina, and Ecuador respectively, were also aboard.<br/> <br />The satellite will be able to obtain high-resolution data over vast swathes of land.<br/> <br />China is still at the very beginning stage of researching and applying such technology.<br/> <br />But experts hope that the satellite will play a big role in the research and prediction of weather patterns, including natural disasters.
