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China Launches Yaogan-34 Remote-sensing Satellite For Land Surveys, Disaster Prevention

China Launches Yaogan-34 Remote-sensing Satellite For Land Surveys, Disaster Prevention
China sent a new remote-sensing satellite of the Yaogan-34 series into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday morning, marking the launch of the100th satellite developed by the 509th Research Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. It will mainly be used in land resources surveys and disaster prevention. The Yaogan-34 03 satellite, carried by a Long March-4C rocket, has entered its planned orbit.