30 September 2020
The first batch of pictures taken by China's best optical Earth-observation satellite for civil use was published on 29 September, becoming the clearest photos ever created by a Chinese civilian satellite. More than 20 sub-meter-resolution images taken by the High-Resolution Multi-Mode Imaging Satellite, the latest in China's Gaofen high-resolution Earth-observation satellite fleet, were made public by the China National Space Administration at a ceremony in Beijing, depicting places in the capital, Gansu province's Lanzhou and Jiayuguan, and the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze River.
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