China Successfully Launches New Remote Sensing Satellite

News Desk

Islamabad: China sent a new remote-sensing satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

The satellite, Yaogan-36, was launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 3:12 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday and entered the planned orbit successfully.

This was the 444^thflight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.

Earlier in August, it launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket to place a remote-sensing satellite group in space. The satellites were used to conduct science experiments, land resource surveys and yield estimation of agricultural products as well as disaster prevention and reduction.

China’s Long March carrier rockets have set a national record of 103 consecutive successful launches since May 5, 2020. The streak was achieved in just 27 months, demonstrating the accelerated launch pace since 2020 and constantly improving Long March reliability

The Long March rockets are based on independent innovation. Chinese engineers have made various breakthroughs to improve the frequency and quality of China’s home-grown rockets.