Text: | Print|

    China launches Yaogan-24 remote sensing satellite

    2014-11-21 08:40 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
    1
    A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-24 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 20, 2014. The satellite will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief. (Xinhua/Ren Long)
    A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-24 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 20, 2014. The satellite will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief. (Xinhua/Ren Long)

    China sent the Yaogan-24 remote sensing satellite into a scheduled orbit at 3:12 p.m. on Thursday from the Jiuquan satellite launch center.

    Yaogan satellites will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.

    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.

    Comments (0)
    Most popular in 24h
      Archived Content
    Media partners:

    Copyright ©1999-2018 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
    Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

    主站蜘蛛池模板: 革吉县| 沭阳县| 吉首市| 安国市| 广元市| 亳州市| 澄江县| 疏勒县| 手机| 东丰县| 拜泉县| 金门县| 木兰县| 凌源市| 恭城| 永寿县| 威远县| 醴陵市| 东海县| 承德市| 比如县| 阜阳市| 塘沽区| 小金县| 南平市| 哈巴河县| 昭通市| 金华市| 张家界市| 定襄县| 博爱县| 噶尔县| 内丘县| 金华市| 紫金县| 横山县| 台湾省| 玛多县| 同仁县| 呈贡县| 龙里县|