On February the 2nd , at 8:51 am (Italian time) from the Chinese base of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi Desert (Inner Mongolia), CSES (China Seismic-Electromagnetic Satellite), outcome of a cooperation between the Chinese Space Agency (CNSA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) was launched. The International Telematic University UNINETTUNO, which gave its contribution to all project phases, played an essential role: design of the equipment, procurements for building the sensors to the development of the software package for analyzing the collected data. Prof. Piergiorgio Picozza, professor of physics at UNINETTUNO, led the Italian team and Dr. Livio Conti coordinated the group of researchers of the Engineering Faculty.