China successfully launches new remote sensing satellite
Updated: October 15, 2022 06:58Xinhua
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Oct 15, 2022. The satellite, Yaogan-36, was launched at 3:12 a.m. (1912 GMT Oct 14) and entered the planned orbit successfully. [Photo/Xinhua]
XICHANG — China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
The satellite, Yaogan-36, was launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 3:12 am (Beijing Time) on Oct 15 and entered the planned orbit successfully.
This was the 444th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Oct 15, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Oct 15, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua]
