China launches satellite for Algeria
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an Algerian remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 31, 2026. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
China launched an Algerian remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket lifted off from the launch center at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), successfully sending the satellite into its planned orbit.
The Algerian satellite will be primarily used for land planning and disaster prevention and mitigation.
Saturday’s launch marked the 629th mission of China’s Long March rocket series. ■
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an Algerian remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 31, 2026. Launched at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has been successfully sent into its planned orbit.
The Algerian satellite will be primarily used for land planning and disaster prevention and mitigation. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an Algerian remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 31, 2026. Launched at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has been successfully sent into its planned orbit.
The Algerian satellite will be primarily used for land planning and disaster prevention and mitigation. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an Algerian remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 31, 2026. Launched at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has been successfully sent into its planned orbit.
The Algerian satellite will be primarily used for land planning and disaster prevention and mitigation. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an Algerian remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Jan. 31, 2026. Launched at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has been successfully sent into its planned orbit.
The Algerian satellite will be primarily used for land planning and disaster prevention and mitigation. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
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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.…
