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CZ-4C sends Yaogan 34-02 & a tech demonstration system into orbit today, launched from Jiuquan.
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Remote sensing satellite lifted successfully into orbit
By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-03-17 16:21
China launched a remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi Desert on Thursday afternoon, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said that the Yaogan 34-02 satellite was placed in a preset orbit aboard a Long March 4C rocket that lifted off at 3:09 pm.
The satellite will team up with its predecessor, the Yaogan 34-01, which has been in operation for nearly 11 months, as well as with subsequent Yaogan 34-series satellites to be deployed in the future, as part of a space-based network for purposes such as land mapping, urban infrastructure planning, agricultural yield forecasting and disaster relief, the company said in a statement.
With a liftoff weight of 250 metric tons, the Long March 4C is mainly used to send satellites into sun-synchronous orbit. It is capable of transporting satellites weighing up to 3 metric tons into orbit at an altitude of 700 kilometers.
In addition to the satellite, the final stage of the rocket carried a demonstration device to test new technologies, the company noted.
Both the satellite and the rocket were built by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a research and manufacturing complex that is part of the CASC. The launch marked the 411th flight of a Long March rocket and China's sixth space mission this year.
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China building second generation integrated naval reconnaissance system: the Yaogan-31 NOSS detect the location of the target using radio interferometry and the Yaogan-34 (following YG-31 trio on the same orbit from behind) do the additional optical reconnaissance.Remote sensing satellite lifted successfully into orbit
By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-03-17 16:21
China successfully sends a new remote sensing satellite of the Yaogan 34 series into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China at 3:09 pm on March 17, 2022. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/For chinadaily.com.cn]
China launched a remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi Desert on Thursday afternoon, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said that the Yaogan 34-02 satellite was placed in a preset orbit aboard a Long March 4C rocket that lifted off at 3:09 pm.
The satellite will team up with its predecessor, the Yaogan 34-01, which has been in operation for nearly 11 months, as well as with subsequent Yaogan 34-series satellites to be deployed in the future, as part of a space-based network for purposes such as land mapping, urban infrastructure planning, agricultural yield forecasting and disaster relief, the company said in a statement.
With a liftoff weight of 250 metric tons, the Long March 4C is mainly used to send satellites into sun-synchronous orbit. It is capable of transporting satellites weighing up to 3 metric tons into orbit at an altitude of 700 kilometers.
In addition to the satellite, the final stage of the rocket carried a demonstration device to test new technologies, the company noted.
Both the satellite and the rocket were built by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a research and manufacturing complex that is part of the CASC. The launch marked the 411th flight of a Long March rocket and China's sixth space mission this year.
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Wuhan aims to become China's 'valley of satellites' by 2025
The Long March-8 Y2 rocket carrying 22 satellites blasts off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, February 27, 2022. /CFP
China's central city of Wuhan has vowed to develop a 100-billion yuan ($15.7 billion) space industry by 2025 and become the country's "valley of satellites," signalling a deepening push by China to become a major space power by 2030.
According to a notice from the city government on Wednesday, Wuhan is offering firms up to 50 million yuan ($7.86 million) in financial incentives each in projects related to the manufacturing of satellites, rockets and spacecraft.
The Wuhan city government will encourage companies to use locally sourced equipment, software and services. If a firm uses local products in more than 10 percent of the production of high-orbiting and low-orbiting satellites as well as spacecraft, it will get financial incentives of up to 15 million yuan ($2.36 million). If local products account for more than 30 percent, the firm will get up to 50 million yuan ($7.86 million).
The Yellow Crane Tower, a landmark of Wuhan, in the capital of central China's Hubei Province, December 31, 2020. /CFP
Two steps of 'valley of satellites'
By 2025, with a new generation of space launch and application, Wuhan will develop four leading industries to boost the city's space industry and empower a first-class space industry pilot zone in China.
These four leading industries include space launch vehicle and launch services, satellite platform and payload, spatial information application services (SIAS), and aerospace ground equipment and manufacturing.
By 2030, Wuhan will form a new ecological space industry which will be deeply involved in global commercial space development, striving to create a commercial aerospace industry base with international impact.
To achieve this goal, the city will promote basic industries including autonomous controllable information technology, aerospace cloud manufacturing, aerospace additive manufacturing, and new aerospace materials development.
Moreover, aerospace extended industries such as spacial big data (SBD) and a smart city system will also be developed in a rapid manner.
The first Wuhan-made satellite rolled off the production line at the Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base in the capital of central China's Hubei Province, May 13, 2021. /CFP
China's space initiative
China envisions massive constellations of commercial satellites that can offer services ranging from high-speed internet for aircraft to tracking coal shipments.
In 2021, China's tech city of Shenzhen in southern Guangdong Province offered up to 300 million yuan ($47.16 million) in incentives for every project on the development of satellites and related industry applications.
Furthermore, the country is also planning a new commercial space port in the southern island province of Hainan and separately constructing a fifth rocket launch site in the eastern port city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province.
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