A new remote sensing satellite, Yaogan-33 03, was launched by a Long March 4C carrier rocket at 2:14 am on Sept 7, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province and entered the planned orbit successfully.
A Long March 4C rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite Yaogan-33 03 blasts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, on Sept 7, 2023. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The remote sensing satellite Yaogan-33 03 was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, and it will be used for scientific experiments, marine and land resources surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and relief.
The Long March 4C carrier rocket is a normal-temperature liquid three-stage launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The rocket has the launch capabilities of single satellite and multiple satellites into various orbits. It is capable of lifting 3-tonne payloads to the solar synchronous circular orbit 700 km above Earth.
A Long March 4C rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite Yaogan-33 03 is ready to blast off. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
This was the 486th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
