XICHANG, July 31 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday launched the Pakistan Remote-Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Launched at 10:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket, the PRSS-1 has entered its planned orbit.

The satellite will be primarily used in the fields of land resource surveys and disaster prevention and mitigation.  ■