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Blobrana · L

RE: Yaogan VI satellite

Blobrana · L

China has launched a remote-sensing satellite, the "Yaogan Six," from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province.
The satellite was launched on a Long March 2C carrier rocket at 10:55 on Wednesday morning. It will be mainly used to survey land resources and the environment, urban planning, crop yields and disasters, and for space science experiments.

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Blobrana · L

China has successfully launched the Yaogan VI remote-sensing satellite.

TLE Data

YAOGAN6
1 34839U 09021A   09112.51815294  .00033309  00000-0  15011-2 0    42
2 34839 097.6341 180.9796 0025263 321.1103 172.0055 15.20681258    62

Blobrana · L

China is to launch the Yaogan VI remote-sensing satellite atop a Long March 2C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Shanxi Province on the 22nd April, 2009.