Published: 12:02, September 7, 2025
China launches new remote sensing satellite group
By Xinhua

In this file photo dated Aug 17, 2025, a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

TAIYUAN - China launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province on Sunday.

The satellites of the Yaogan-40 03 group were launched at 12:34 am (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket, and they entered the preset orbits successfully.

They will be used to carry out electromagnetic environment detection and related technical tests.

The launch marked the 593rd mission of the Long March carrier rockets.