In recent news, China has successfully launched the Yaogan-24 remote sensing satellite into a scheduled orbit at 3:12 p.m. on Thursday (Nov.20,2014) from the Jiuquan satellite launch center.
The remote sensing satellite will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The Yaogan-24 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 199th mission for the Long March rocket family.
China launched the first satellite in the “Yaogan” series, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
This is second launch of another remote sensing satellite by China in a month, earlier Yaogan-23 was launched.
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Source: Xinhua
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Remote Sensing