China launches Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite(1/4)

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, March 31, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yunxi)

This remote sensing satellite will be used in areas such as land resources survey, urban planning, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.

It was the 470th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, March 31, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, March 31, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiangbo)

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, March 31, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yunxi)