China Launches Yaogan-24 Earth Observation Satellite

by GIS Resources , 2014-11-22

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)

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