{"id":2000105580,"date":"2026-03-16T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000105580"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:29:04","slug":"china-launches-new-remote-sensing-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/china-launches-new-remote-sensing-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches new remote sensing satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Yaogan-50 02 satellite was launched at 9:22 p.m. aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and has entered its planned orbit. The launch mission was a complete success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The satellite will be mainly used for land survey, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This launch marked the 633rd flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/st.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2000105581\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-50 02 satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China&#8217;s Shanxi Province on March 15, 2026. The Yaogan-50 02 satellite was launched at 9:22 p.m. aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket and has entered its planned orbit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China&#8217;s Shanxi Province on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000105581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[101],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000105580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","tag-internationl","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000105581,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/st.png","alt":"","caption":"A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying the Yaogan-50 02 satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on March 15, 2026. 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