China launches high-resolution remote-sensing satellite
2020-07-03
A high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, on July 3, 2020. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/for chinadaily.com.cn]
TAIYUAN -- China successfully sent a high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite into the planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province Friday.
The satellite was launched by a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:10 am (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration.
Friday's launch was the 337th by the Long March rocket series.
A high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, on July 3, 2020. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/for chinadaily.com.cn]
A high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, on July 3, 2020. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/for chinadaily.com.cn]
A high-resolution multi-mode imaging satellite is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, on July 3, 2020. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/for chinadaily.com.cn]
