Four satellites launched on China's Long March rocket

A Chinese Long March rocket blasted off from a remote desert launch base Friday with a high-resolution Earth imaging payload and Ecuador's first satellite. The Long March 2D rocket fired its hydrazine-fueled main engine at 0413 GMT (12:13 a.m. EDT) Friday and muscled off the launch pad at the Jiuquan space center in northwest China, powered by more than 650,000 pounds of thrust for the first two-and-a-half minutes of flight. Liftoff occurred at 12:13 p.m. Beijing time. More

(Source: Spaceflight Now - Apr 26)