China launched an Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit – Kommersant

The Chinese Long March-2G launch vehicle successfully launched the Yaogan-39 Earth remote sensing satellite into space, reports Xinhua Information from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

The launch took place at 9:58 Beijing time (04:58 Moscow time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province in southwest China. The spacecraft was launched into a given orbit. The flight of the Long March series rocket was the 500th in a row.

Leonid Uvarchev