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China launches new remote sensing satellites

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 1 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

China launches new remote sensing satellites
A modified version of the Long March-6 rocket carrying the Yaogan-40 02 satellite group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province, May 11, 2025. (Photo by Li Chenhao/Xinhua)

China sent a remote sensing satellite group into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Sunday.

Launched at 9:27 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified version of the Long March-6 rocket, the Yaogan-40 02 satellite group has entered planned orbit successfully, according to the launch center.

These satellites will be used to carry out electromagnetic environment detection and related technical tests.

Sunday’s launch marks the 574th mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series, according to the center.

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250511/0ebfa9b7e93146f5bd091202401c1abc/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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