Chinese spy satellite successfully launched

China launched an optical military reconnaissance satellite Thursday aboard a Long March 4B rocket, successfully orbiting another member in a fleet of spacecraft spying for Chinese intelligence agencies. The secretive Yaogan 14 satellite launched at 0706 GMT (3:06 a.m. EDT) from the Taiyuan space center in Shanxi province in northern China. Launch occurred at 3:06 p.m. Beijing time. The 150-foot-tall Long March 4B rocket flew south from Taiyuan to reach an orbit flying over Earth's poles. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 12)