China launches latest remote sensing satellite named Yaogan—29 Thursday Nov 26,2015

 

China has successfully launched a remote sensing satellite which will focus on experiments on survey of land, crop yields and disaster relief.

The satellite named Yaogan—29 was carried by a Long March—4C rocket after it was launched on Thursday Nov 26,2015 from Taiyuan in the country’s northern Shanxi province.

This is the 219th mission for the Long March rocket family. China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan—1, in 2006.

The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief