China has successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan IX", via a CZ-4C Chang Zheng-4C launcher, at 12:55 PM Beijing Time (04:55 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern Gansu Province, according to a statement from the centre Friday.
China will launch a remote-sensing satellite, "Yaogan IX" in the coming days from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwestern Gansu Province, an official at the centre said Thursday. The satellite would be sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket, the official said, without specifying the exact date. Read more
A two-stage CZ-2D is scheduled to launch China's Yaogan 9 optical reconnaissance satellite, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest Gansu Province. As yet a launch date is not available.