A Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying a new group of remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
XICHANG -- China launched a Long March-4B carrier rocket on Tuesday to place a new group of remote sensing satellites in space.
The satellites of the Yaogan-43 02 group were launched at 9:22 am (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan and entered the preset orbit.
A Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying a new group of remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
They will be mainly used for carrying out tests on new technologies of low-orbit constellations.
It was the 533rd flight mission of the Long March series rockets.
A Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying a new group of remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Sept 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
