A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the resource satellite ZY-1 02E blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, Dec 26, 2021. China sent a new resource satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province on Dec 26. The resource satellite, ZY-1 02E, was launched at 11:11 am (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket. [Photo/Xinhua]
TAIYUAN — China sent a new resource satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province on Dec 26.
The resource satellite, ZY-1 02E, was launched at 11:11 am (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket.
It was the 403rd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the resource satellite ZY-1 02E blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, Dec 26, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the resource satellite ZY-1 02E blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, Dec 26, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the resource satellite ZY-1 02E blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, Dec 26, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the resource satellite ZY-1 02E blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, Dec 26, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]