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12:05, 31-Jul-2018
China launches new Earth observation satellite
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12:05, 03-Aug-2018
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China on Tuesday launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-11, which will be mainly used in land resources survey, crop yield estimates, disaster prevention and reduction.
The Gaofen-11 was launched on a Long March carrier rocket at 11:00 a.m. (0300 GMT) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
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It was the 282nd mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
(Cover photo from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation)