China launches a Long March 2D rocket placing a satellite Beijing 3B into space on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
TAIYUAN -- China on Wednesday launched a Long March 2D rocket placing a satellite into space.
Coded Beijing 3B, the satellite was lifted at 11:01 am (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered the preset orbit.
It will mainly be used to provide remote sensing services in the fields of land resources management, agricultural resources survey, environment monitoring and city applications.
This was the 434th flight mission of the Long March rocket series, the launch center said.
China launched the Beijing 3A satellite on June 11, 2021.
China launches a Long March 2D rocket placing a satellite Beijing 3B into space on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
China launches a Long March 2D rocket placing a satellite Beijing 3B into space on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
China launches a Long March 2D rocket placing a satellite Beijing 3B into space on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
China launches a Long March 2D rocket placing a satellite Beijing 3B into space on Aug 24, 2022. [Photo by Zheng Taotao/provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
