The Long March-2D rocket was launched at 9:58 a.m. Beijing time (8:58 a.m. Hanoi time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, southwest China, putting the Yaogan-39 satellite into a predetermined orbit.
This is the 500th mission of the Long March series of rockets.
The Long March-2D rocket carrying 14 satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, China on January 15, 2023. Illustration photo: THX/TTXVN
China launched the Yaogan-33 04 remote sensing satellite into space at the end of September from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Yaogan-33 04 satellite serves scientific experiments, land resource surveys, crop yield estimates, as well as disaster prevention and relief.
(Source: Tin Tuc Newspaper)
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