November 9th, 2011 by Rui C. Barbosa
China's YaoGan Weixing-12 (YG-12) satellite – highly likely to be used for military purposes – has been launched into orbit by a CZ-4B Chang Zheng-4B (Long March 4B) rocket on Wednesday. The launch took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:21am local time.
Another Chinese Launch:
Once again, the Chinese media classed the satellite as a new remote sensing bird that will be used for "scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring."
Also on board the launch vehicle was the small TX-1 Tian Xun(Sky-Patrol)-1 satellite, which is equipped with a 2.5 kg CCD camera that was built by Suzhou University, sporting a maximum resolution of 30 meters. The satellite is 0.60 m x 0.75 cm in size, with a weight of 35 kg.
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China's YaoGan Weixing-12 (YG-12) satellite – highly likely to be used for military purposes – has been launched into orbit by a CZ-4B Chang Zheng-4B (Long March 4B) rocket on Wednesday. The launch took place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:21am local time.
Another Chinese Launch:
Once again, the Chinese media classed the satellite as a new remote sensing bird that will be used for "scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring."
Also on board the launch vehicle was the small TX-1 Tian Xun(Sky-Patrol)-1 satellite, which is equipped with a 2.5 kg CCD camera that was built by Suzhou University, sporting a maximum resolution of 30 meters. The satellite is 0.60 m x 0.75 cm in size, with a weight of 35 kg.
For full article: Long March 4B launches YaoGan Weixing-12 for China | NASASpaceFlight.com