China has successfully launched a remote sensing satellite which will focus on experiments on survey of land, crop yields and disaster relief.
China has successfully launched a remote sensing satellite which will focus on experiments on survey of land, crop yields and disaster relief. The satellite named Yaogan-29 was carried by a Long March-4C rocket after it was launched yesterday from Taiyuan in the country’s northern Shanxi province.
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This is the 219th mission for the Long March rocket family. China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006. The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
However, western analysts believe the series of satellites are of a military nature, using electronic intelligence, electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar sensing equipment.
This launch comes weeks after China had successfully launched Yaogan-28.