China launches ocean observation satellite
Posted: Thu, Nov 23, 2023, 7:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
China launched the first in a new line of ocean observation satellites Nov. 15. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 10:55 pm EST (0355 GMT Nov. 16) and placed the Haiyang-3 (01) into a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit. The spacecraft will provide all-weather ocean observation using an X-band SAR payload over a planned mission lifetime of eight years, complementing the older Haiyang-2 series of satellites.
China launched the first in a new line of ocean observation satellites Nov. 15. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 10:55 pm EST (0355 GMT Nov. 16) and placed the Haiyang-3 (01) into a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit. The spacecraft will provide all-weather ocean observation using an X-band SAR payload over a planned mission lifetime of eight years, complementing the older Haiyang-2 series of satellites.
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