China Launches 3rd ZY-2 Resource Satellite

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China Launches Third ZY-2 Resource Satellite

Photo of the third of China's ZY-2 earth resource satellites being launched last Saturday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Credits: Xinhua.

Taiyuan (XNA) Nov 08, 2004
China successfully put its third ZY-2 earth resource satellite into orbit with a Chinese Long-March 4-B rocket that blasted off at 11:10 am Saturday, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.

The rocket and satellite separated 12 minutes after the rocket blasted off. The satellite entered into orbit as scheduled, according to data from Chinese ground controller, the Xi'an Satellite Monitor and Control Center, in northwest China, indicating the success of the launch.

The ZY-2 will mainly be used for land resource surveying, environmental supervision and protection, city planning, crop yield assessment, disaster monitoring and space scientific experiment.

China sent the first and second ZY-2 satellites on Sept. 1,2000 and Oct. 27 2002. They are still operating in orbit and have returned substantial amounts of data.

Compared with the previous two resource satellites, the third one has been improved in overall performance and technology.

The Long-March 4-B carrier rocket is an upgraded version of theLong-March 4-A. The launch is the 82nd time that Long March carriers have been used, and it is also the 40th continuous successful launch, since October 1996.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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