07 September 2020
China launched the Gaofen 11-02 optical remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province on 07 September. The Long March-4B rocket took off at 13:57 BJT. It was the 345th flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket. Gaofen 11-02 has a resolution up to the sub-meter level. It will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land rights confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation. The new satellite will also offer information support for the Belt-and-Road construction
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