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China Launches Yaogan-30 Remote Sensing Satellite

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China launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on Sunday morning from a spaceport in the Gobi desert in the country’s northwest. 15.05.2016, Sputnik International

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China Launches Yaogan-30 Remote Sensing Satellite

06:34 GMT 15.05.2016 (Updated: 06:42 GMT 15.05.2016)

China launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on Sunday morning from a spaceport in the Gobi desert in the country’s northwest.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the Xinhua news agency, the satellite was launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 10:43 a.m. local time (02:43 GMT). The satellite was carried by a Long March-2D rocket.

The device will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, according to the media outlet.

In 2006, China launched its first Yaogan satellite.