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China launches Earth-observation satellite for stereo mapping

December 6, 2020

China launched an optical stereo mapping satellite Sunday, using an upgraded version of the country’s Long March 3B rocket with an extended payload shroud to deliver the Earth-imaging spacecraft into orbit 300 miles above Earth.

China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satellite

October 12, 2020

China successfully launched a Gaofen optical observation satellite Sunday toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator, where it will use an Earth-facing telescope to collect remote sensing images, Chinese state media said.

China launches another Gaofen Earth observation satellite

September 8, 2020

A new optical Earth observation satellite launched by China Monday joins the country’s remote sensing network for land surveys, urban planning, and agriculture monitoring.

China launches another Gaofen Earth observation satellite

August 24, 2020

Another Chinese Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite launched Sunday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, riding to space with a pair of experimental rideshare payloads for the Chinese military.

Earth observation and research satellites ride Chinese rocket into orbit

August 6, 2020

China sent an Earth observation satellite and a university-built research payload into orbit Thursday aboard a Long March 2D rocket.

Chinese launches loft satellites to study space environment and observe Earth

July 6, 2020

China launched a Long March 2D rocket Saturday with a satellite Chinese officials claimed will study the space environment and conduct technology demonstrations, less than two days after a Long March 4B rocket took off from a different launch site with an Earth-imaging payload.

China launches Earth-observation satellite for stereo mapping

China launches geosynchronous Earth observation satellite

China launches another Gaofen Earth observation satellite

China launches another Gaofen Earth observation satellite

Earth observation and research satellites ride Chinese rocket into orbit

Chinese launches loft satellites to study space environment and observe Earth

China launches Earth observation satellite

Two Chinese launches deploy satellites for Earth-imaging, tech demonstrations

China launches two Kuaizhou rockets in six hours

China launches radar observation satellite