A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-22 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 20, 2014. The satellite will be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveying, estimating crop yields and disaster relief. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao) |
TAIYUAN, Oct. 20 -- China launched the Yaogan-22 remote sensing satellite into scheduled orbit at 2:31 p.m. on Monday Beijing Time from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
The satellite will be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveying, estimating crop yields and disaster relief.
It was carried by a Long March-4C rocket. The launch is the 195th mission for the Long March rocket family.
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