CASC - CZ-2D Y13 / Long March-2D / Yaogan-37 and Shiyan-22A/B patch.
Jan 13, 2023
Long March-2D carrying Yaogan-37 and Shiyan-22A/B liftoff
A Long March-2D launch vehicle launched the Yaogan-37 and Shiyan-22A/B satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on 13 January 2023, at 07:00 UTC (15:00 local time).
Long March-2D launches Yaogan-37 and Shiyan-22A/B
According to official sources, the satellites entered the planned orbits successfully. The remote sensing satellite Yaogan-37 (遥感三十七) will be “mainly used for new technologies, such as space environment monitoring and in-orbit verification experiments”. Shiyan-22A (试验二十二号A) will be “mainly used for land survey, urban planning and disaster prevention and mitigation”, while Shiyan-22B (试验二十二号B) will be “mainly used for smog detection, water pollution monitoring, crop growth monitoring and land resources census and other fields”.
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