China launches Jilin-1 commercial satellites
Release time:2022-05-05 Publisher:South Asia Development
China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D rocket to place a group of eight satellites in space.
Satellite Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C, together with seven Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites, lifted off at 10:38 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered its preset orbit.
Having a wide coverage, Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C will be used to provide commercial remote sensing data services for sectors such as land resource, mineral exploration and smart city construction.
This was the 419th flight mission of the Long March rocket series.
Read more: China launches 5 satellites for Earth observation from East China Sea
Source - Xinhua News Agency
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