China launches remote sensing satellites SuperView-1 03/04

2018-01-09
Xinhua

China launches SuperView-1 03/04, a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province, Jan 9, 2018. The satellites blasted off on Jan 9 on the back of a Long March 2D rocket.[Photo/Xinhua]

TAIYUAN — China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites on Jan 9 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province.

The satellites, SuperView-1 03/04, blasted off at 11:24 am Beijing time on the back of a Long March 2D rocket, according to the center.

China launches SuperView-1 03/04, a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province, Jan 9, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

The mission aims to promote the country’s commercial use of high-resolution remote sensing satellites.

China launches SuperView-1 03/04, a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province, Jan 9, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

The satellites, which are able to provide commercial images at 0.5-meter resolution, are expected to offer remote sensing data to customers worldwide and provide services to land and resource surveys, mapping, environmental monitoring, finance and insurance as well as the internet industry.

China launches SuperView-1 03/04, a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province, Jan 9, 2018.[Photo/Xinhua]

The satellites were developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

It is the second launch of the corporation’s commercial remote sensing satellites, followed by the launching of SuperView-1 01/02 in December 2016.