China successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite into space, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwest of the country on Sunday.
The Yaogan-42 02 satellite was launched on board a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the preset orbit.
The satellite will be used to carry out scientific experiments, land resource surveys, crop yield estimates, disaster prevention and relief work. This launch represents the 517th mission of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
It is worth noting that mission No. 516 of the Long March series of rockets was launched last Monday, carrying a remote sensing satellite on board a Long March-2D carrier rocket, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (QNA) Xinhua said that China on Sunday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 7:45 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan and sent the Yaogan-42 02 satellite into the preset orbit. It was the 517th flight mission of the Long March series rockets.
