A Long March 2-D rocket carrying the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China’s Gansu province, May 15, 2016. China’s Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on May 15 at 10:43 am from Jiuquan in northwestern China’s gobi desert. The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.[Photo/Xinhua]
JIUQUAN — China’s Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on May 15 at 10:43 am from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s gobi desert.
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.
Yaogan-30 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 227th mission for the Long March rocket family.
China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
A Long March 2-D rocket carrying the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China’s Gansu province, May 15, 2016. China’s Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on May at 10:43 am from Jiuquan in northwestern China’s gobi desert. The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.[Photo/Xinhua]
