China on Wednesday launched 16 new satellites into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s Shanxi province, according to local media.

These satellites include — Jilin 1 Gaofen 03D09 satellite and Yunyao 1 04-08 and were launched by a Long March 6 carrier rocket at 12:50 pm (local time) and entered the planned orbit successfully, China Daily reported.

According to media reports, the new batch of satellites is mainly used in the fields such as commercial remote sensing and atmospheric imaging.