CASC - CZ-4C Y46 / Long March-4C / Gaofen-12-03 Mission patch.
June 27, 2022
Long March-4C carrying Gaofen-12-03 liftoff
A Long March-4C launch vehicle launched the third Gaofen-12 Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, northwest China, on 27 June 2022, at 15:46 UTC (23:46 local time).
Long March-4C launches Gaofen-12-03
Gaofen-12-03 (高分十二号03) is a microwave remote sensing satellite capable of providing photographs with a resolution of better than a metre. According to official sources, “Gaofen-12-03 will be mainly used in land surveys, urban planning, determining and registering land rights, road network design, crop yield estimates, and disaster prevention and relief.”
Gaofen 12 satellite
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