At 21:41 on December 15, China successfully launched the remote sensing No. 41 satellite using the Long March 5 Yao-6 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Cosmodrome, and the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Du Xinxin).
Wenchang, Hainan, December 15 (Xinhua) -- At 21:41 on December 15, China successfully launched the remote sensing No. 41 satellite using the Long March 5 Yao-6 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Site.
The Remote Sensing No. 41 satellite is a high-orbit optical remote sensing satellite, which is mainly used in the fields of land census, crop yield estimation, environmental management, meteorological early warning and forecasting, and comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation, and can provide information services for national economic construction.
This mission is the 502nd flight of the Long March family of launch vehicles.
At 21:41 on December 15, China successfully launched the remote sensing No. 41 satellite using the Long March 5 Yao-6 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Cosmodrome, and the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Cheng.
At 21:41 on December 15, China successfully launched the remote sensing No. 41 satellite using the Long March 5 Yao-6 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Cosmodrome, and the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Cheng.
At 21:41 on December 15, China successfully launched the remote sensing No. 41 satellite using the Long March 5 Yao-6 carrier rocket at the Wenchang Cosmodrome, and the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Cheng.
Editor: Li Jie.