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CASC - Long March-4B launches TianHui-2 02

 







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August 19, 2021

Long March-4B carrying TianHui-2 02 liftoff

A Long March-4B launch vehicle launched the TianHui-2 02 satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, northern China, on 18 August 2021, at 22:32 UTC (19 August, at 06:32 local time).

Long March-4B launches TianHui-2 02

TianHui-2 02 (天绘二号02) is the second group of two TianHui-2 Earth-observation satellites. According to official sources, the satellites have been successfully sent into the scheduled orbits and will be “mainly used for scientific experimental research, general survey of land and resources, geographic information mapping and other tasks.”

Tianhui 2-01 (TH 2-01, first group)

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