China launches another remote sensing satellite
Posted: Mon, Dec 15, 2008, 10:21 PM ET (0321 GMT)
For the second time in two weeks, China launched a remote sensing satellite with possible civil and military applications. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China at 10:22 pm EDT Sunday (0322 GMT, 11:22 am Beijing time Monday) and placed the Yaogan 5 satellite into orbit. Chinese media, which announced the launch a day in advance, said that the spacecraft will be used for a variety of remote sensing applications as well as space science experiments. Western experts have speculated the the Yaogan series of spacecraft may also be used for military reconnaissance.
For the second time in two weeks, China launched a remote sensing satellite with possible civil and military applications. A Long March 4B rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China at 10:22 pm EDT Sunday (0322 GMT, 11:22 am Beijing time Monday) and placed the Yaogan 5 satellite into orbit. Chinese media, which announced the launch a day in advance, said that the spacecraft will be used for a variety of remote sensing applications as well as space science experiments. Western experts have speculated the the Yaogan series of spacecraft may also be used for military reconnaissance.
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