Back to Back – China Launches Yaogan-25 Earth Observation Satellite

by GIS Resources , 2014-12-12

The launch of the Yaogan-25 remote sensing satellite in Jiuquan, Dec. 11. (Photo/Xinhua)

According to Xinhua, China has successfully launched the Yaogan-25 remote sensing satellite into a scheduled orbit at 3:33 a.m. on Dec. 11,2014) 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.

The Yaogan-25 was carried by a Long March-4C rocket. It was the 201st mission for the Long March rocket technology.

China launched the first satellite in the “Yaogan” series, Yaogan-1, in 2006.

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Categories: Remote Sensing

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