BEIJING – China is set to launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistanin June this year, according to the China Academy of Launch VehicleTechnology (CALVT) website on Tuesday.
It will be the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2Crocket for around 18 years after it carried Motorola’s Iridium satellitesinto orbit in 1999.
The rocket will also carry the China-France Oceanography Satellite intospace in September this year, CALVT said.
The satellite will monitor ocean wind and waves. Long March-2C rockets aremainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits.*–APP*