A Long March-4C carrier rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province on June 27, sending the Gaofen-12 03 satellite into orbit.
A Long March-4C carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province on June 27. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Generally developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), Gaofen-12 03 is a microwave remote sensing satellite for high-resolution Earth observation. It will play a role in fields like land surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation.
The Long March-4C carrier rocket, also developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, is a third-stage carrier rocket propelled by liquid propellants and capable of carrying launch missions of single or multiple satellites with different orbit requirements.
Its payload capacity at an altitude of 700 kilometers in sun-synchronous orbit can reach three metric tons.
The launch on June 27 was the 425th mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
A view of the rocket fairing with the satellite inside [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
A Long March-4C carrier rocket, carrying the Gaofen-12 03 satellite, is ready for launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 27. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
