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10/04/22 17:11 PM IST

China launches new satellite for Earth observation

In News 
  • China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
Features of Satellite 
  • The satellite has been named Gaofen-3 03.
  • It was from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre with the use of a Long March-4C rocket.
  • The satellite has been successfully inserted into the planned orbit.
  • This newly launched satellite will be networked with the already orbiting Gaofen-3 and Gaofen-3 02 satellites.
  • These 3 satellites will form a land-sea radar satellite constellation and will be capturing stable, reliable, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images.
Applications 
  • The images that will be captured by the satellite will help in the mitigation and prevention of marine disasters, help in the monitoring of the dynamic marine environment, environmental protection, marine research, agriculture, water conservancy, and meteorology.
  • It will also help in safeguarding the maritime rights and interests of the country.

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