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CASC - Long March-2D launches Yaogan-35 04 satellites

 






CASC - CZ-2D Y66 / Long March-2D Yaogan-35 Mission patch.


Aug 19, 2022

Long March-2D carrying Yaogan-35 04 satellites liftoff

A Long March-2D launch vehicle launched the fourth group of three Yaogan-35 satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 19 August 2022, at 17:37 UTC (20 August, at 01:37 local time).

Long March-2D launches Yaogan-35 04 satellites

According to official sources, the satellites (遥感三十五号04组卫星A星、B星、C星; Yaogan-35 04 A, B and C) have entered the planned orbits successfully and will be “mainly used in scientific experiments, land and resources surveys, agricultural production estimates, and disaster prevention and mitigation.”

Yaogan-35 satellites

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