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Times of India
PTI
May 15, 2016
BEIJING: China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite on Sunday to carry out land surveys and disaster relief.
The satellite named Yaogan-30 was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centrein northwestern China’s Gobi Desert.
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Yaogan-30 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 227th mission for the Long March rocket family.
China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
