{"id":28106,"date":"2026-01-14T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=28106"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:36:12","slug":"china-opens-2026-space-mission-schedule-with-successful-satellite-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=28106","title":{"rendered":"China opens 2026 space mission schedule with successful satellite launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260113\/53186784b5f34eb1a3f6295df57ce763\/19d03bdadf304c20a5492833ce9d8dc0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A modified version of the Long March-6 rocket carrying the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China&#8217;s Shanxi Province, Jan. 13, 2026. Launched at 10:16 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has entered planned orbit. The launch was the 624th flight mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series and marked China&#8217;s first successful orbital launch of 2026. (Photo by Wang Yapeng\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China on Tuesday sent the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched at 10:16 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified version of the Long March-6 rocket, the satellite has entered planned orbit, according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be used for national land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch was the 624th flight mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series and marked China&#8217;s first successful orbital launch of 2026.&nbsp;\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260113\/53186784b5f34eb1a3f6295df57ce763\/00f55705cafd4f33a84c259e43eca5a6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A modified version of the Long March-6 rocket carrying the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China&#8217;s Shanxi Province, Jan. 13, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched at 10:16 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has entered planned orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch was the 624th flight mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series and marked China&#8217;s first successful orbital launch of 2026. (Photo by Wang Yapeng\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260113\/53186784b5f34eb1a3f6295df57ce763\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20260113\/53186784b5f34eb1a3f6295df57ce763\/c.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modified version of the Long March-6 rocket carrying the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China&#8217;s Shanxi Province, Jan. 13, 2026. Launched at 10:16 p.m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has entered planned orbit. The launch was the 624th flight mission undertaken by the Long March [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[3801,2307,2076,22841,26236,26238,6545],"class_list":["post-28106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-advance-technologies-2","tag-china-3","tag-economy-2","tag-satellite-2","tag-space-mission-2","tag-space-mission-2026","tag-space-technology-3","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28108,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28106\/revisions\/28108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}