China launches new group of remote sensing satellites
STORY: China launches new group of remote sensing satellites
DATELINE: July 30, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:37
LOCATION: XICHANG, China
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY
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1. various of the launch of remote sensing satellites
STORYLINE:
China successfully launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday.
The satellites were launched as the third group of the Yaogan-35 family at 9:28 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellites will be mainly used to conduct scientific experiments, land resource surveys, agricultural product yield estimation, and disaster prevention and reduction.
This launch marked the 429th mission for the Long March series carrier rockets.
China launched the first and second groups of Yaogan-35 satellites on Nov. 6 of 2021 and June 23 of 2022 respectively.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xichang, China.
(XHTV)
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