The remote-sensing satellite "Yaogan V" was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province. According to the Chinese, the beast will collect data collection involving land resource use and protection, town planning, crop yield estimates, disaster prevention and reduction, and space science experiments.
The remote-sensing satellite "Yaogan V" is launched aboard a Long March-4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 15, 2008. Credit Xinhua
China on Monday successfully launched a new remote sensing satellite that can be used for urban planning and disaster prevention among others. The "Yaogan 5" was launched on a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11.22 am local time (8.52 IST) from the Taiyuan Launch Centre at Shanxi Province.
China on Monday launched a remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan V," from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Shanxi Province. The satellite was launched with a Long March-4B carrier rocket at 11:22 a.m., the center said
China is scheduled to launch a new remote sensing satellite "Yaogan V" on Monday at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The satellite is to be launched into the space on a Long March-4B carrier rocket "at an appropriate time", China News Service reports on Sunday.