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China launches Ziyuan Earth observation and lobster eye X-ray astronomy satellites – SpaceNews
China launched three satellites on a Long March 4B late Friday for remote sensing, novel lobster eye x-ray astronomy and commercial data acquisition.
HELSINKI China launched three satellites on a Long March 4B late Friday for remote sensing, novel lobster eye x-ray astronomy and commercial data acquisition.
The Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:13 p.m. Eastern Friday.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., the countrys main space contractor, confirmed launch success (Chinese) within the hour.
The main payload was the Ziyuan-3 (03) remote sensing satellite, developed by the China Acade…
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