China on Tuesday successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the satellite Yaogan-39 lifted off at 4:03 a.m. Beijing Time and entered the planned orbit successfully.
The launch was the 492nd mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series.
(With input from Xinhua)
A Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Yaogan-39 satellite, lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, October 24, 2023. /CMG