China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
At 2344 UTC Sep 2 China's SAST launched a CZ-4C from Jiuquan; it placed in orbit Yaogan 33 hao 02 xing, a SAST-built radar satellite, in a 680 x 688 km syn-sync orbit with a 06:00 local time orbital plane (YG33-01 was launched in Dec 2020 to the 22:00 plane)
— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) September 3, 2022
The satellite, Yaogan-33 02, was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 7:44 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully.
It will be used for scientific experiments, land resources surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and relief.
#BREAKING China successfully launched the Yaogan-33 02 remote sensing satellite into preset orbit via a Long March-4C carrier rocket on Sat morning. #Space pic.twitter.com/NXWF01nVKa
— Zhang Meifang张美芳 (@CGMeifangZhang) September 3, 2022
This was the 435th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
China launches Yaogan-33 02 satellite #ICYMIpic.twitter.com/mHNSVHGRx8
— Zhang Meifang张美芳 (@CGMeifangZhang) September 3, 2022
