China on Monday sent another earth observation satellite into the orbit, state-run media reported.
A high-resolution satellite — Gaofen-11 02 — was launched into the space using a Long March-4B carrier rocket, according to Xinhua news agency.
SATELLITE HAS THE CAPACITY OF TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A RESOLUTION OF LESS THAN A METER
To be be used in mapping efforts in China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the satellite was sent into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi province.
An optical remote-sensing satellite, Gaofen-11 02 has the capacity of taking photographs with a resolution of “less than a meter” and will also be used for land surveys, urban planning, road network design, agriculture and disaster relief. It was the 345th flight of China’s indigenously-produced Long March rocket.