China launches Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite
Updated: 2016-05-15 12:48
(Xinhua)
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JIUQUAN - China's Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite was sent into space on Sunday at 10:43 am from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwestern China's gobi desert.
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.
Yaogan-30 was carried by a Long March-2D rocket, the 227th mission for the Long March rocket family.
China launched the first "Yaogan" series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
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