China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite
Updated: August 6, 2020 13:48Xinhua
A Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-9 04 satellite, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Aug 6, 2020. China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:01 pm on Aug 6 (Beijing Time). [Photo/Xinhua]
JIUQUAN — China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 12:01 pm on Aug 6 (Beijing Time).
The satellite, Gaofen-9 04, was sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket. It has a resolution up to the sub-meter level.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-9 04 satellite, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Aug 6, 2020. China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:01 pm on Aug 6 (Beijing Time). [Photo/Xinhua]
The satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land right confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation.
It will also provide information for the development of the Belt and Road Initiative.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-9 04 satellite, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Aug 6, 2020. China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:01 pm on Aug 6 (Beijing Time). [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2D carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-9 04 satellite, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Aug 6, 2020. China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:01 pm on Aug 6 (Beijing Time). [Photo/Xinhua]
