(EyesonSci) CHINA-XICHANG-SATELLITES-LAUNCH (CN)

(220820) — XICHANG, Aug. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) — A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying a remote sensing satellite group blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Aug. 20, 2022. The satellites were lifted as the fourth batch of the Yaogan-35 family at 1:37 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the preset orbit. They will be mainly used to conduct science experiments, land resource surveys, yield estimation of agricultural products and disaster prevention and reduction.

(Photo by Ying Longfei/Xinhua)