China launches new Yunhai remote sensing satellite

China added to its series of Yunhai remote sensing satellites late Saturday with a launch from the Gobi Desert. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 8:54 p.m. Eastern, Oct. 14 (0054 UTC, Oct. 15). The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), confirmed launch success within an hour, also revealing the payload for the mission to be Yunhai-1 (04). CASC’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology provided the launcher for the mission and developed the Yunhai-1 (04) satellite. More

(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 16)