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China launches new remote sensing satellite

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A Long March-5 Y6 carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-41 satellite blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, December 15, 2023. /CMG
A Long March-5 Y6 carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-41 satellite blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, December 15, 2023. /CMG

A Long March-5 Y6 carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-41 satellite blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, December 15, 2023. /CMG

China successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite into its planned orbit from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the southern island province of Hainan on Friday.

The carrier rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y6, blasted off at 9:41 p.m. (Beijing Time), carrying the Yaogan-41, a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite.

The satellite will be used in land survey, crop yield estimation, environmental management, meteorological warning and forecasting and comprehensive disaster prevention and reduction.

The launch marks the 502nd mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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