China News Service, Beijing, October 12 (Guo Chaokai, Zhu Xiaoxiong) At 0:57 on October 12, Beijing time, China successfully launched the Gaofen 13 satellite using the Long March 3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The satellite successfully entered the scheduled orbit.
China successfully launched the Gaofen 13 satellite.
Photo by Zhang Wenjun
Gaofen 13 satellite is a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite, mainly used in the fields of national land survey, crop yield estimation, environmental management, weather warning and forecast, and comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information services for national economic development.
China successfully launched the Gaofen 13 satellite.
Photo by Zhang Wenjun
This mission is the 349th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.
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