TAIYUAN: China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from theTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China’s Shanxi Province at 7:52a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time).
The satellite, Gaofen-12, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket andentered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 320th flight mission ofthe Long March carrier rocket series.
As part of the country’s high-definition earth observation project, themicrowave remote sensing satellite is capable of providing photographs witha resolution of better than a meter.
Gaofen-12 will be used in land surveys, urban planning, road network designand crop yield estimate, as well as disaster relief. It can also serveprojects along the Belt and Road.
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Both the satellite and the carrier rocket were developed by the ShanghaiAcademy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science andTechnology Corporation. Xinhua
