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CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE FOR EARTH OBSERVATION

CHINA LAUNCHES NEW SATELLITE FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
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Ekeomah Atuonwu

China has launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

Gaofen-3 03 was launched by a Long March-4C rocket at 7:47 a.m. (Beijing Time) and successfully entered the planned orbit.

The satellite will link up with the Gaofen-3 and Gaofen-3 02 satellites in orbit to form a land-sea radar satellite constellation and capture reliable, stable synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images.

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the satellite Gaofen-3 03 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, April 7, 2022. The new Earth-observation satellite was launched at 7:47 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully.
/Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua/

These images will have a 1-meter resolution and a one-day revisit period, enhancing China’s land-sea radar satellite monitoring capabilities.

It will help to protect maritime rights and interests by serving in the fields of marine disaster prevention and mitigation, dynamic marine environment monitoring, marine research, environmental protection, water conservation, agriculture, and meteorology.

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