On Monday, China launched a new Earth remote sensing satellite “Gaofen-12 04” (Gaofen-12 04) into Earth orbit.
This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Xinhua.
Together with the spacecraft, the Changzheng-4C launch vehicle (Long March-4C) took off from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the Gobi desert in the northwest of the country at 01:45 Beijing time (20 August 20:45 Kiev time).
It is reported that the satellite “Gaofen-12 04” successfully entered the given orbit.
The resulting device was developed by the Shanghai Academy. cosmic technologies. It has microwave remote sensing capability and is included in the satellite constellation of the national earth observation satellite system with high quality.
The device will be used in a variety of fields, including agricultural monitoring, data collection for the planning of urban areas and road transport networks, evaluation of field yields, and the prevention of disasters and natural disasters.
This flight mission was the 484th of the Changzheng series of launch vehicles.
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Photo: “Xinhua”