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China has successfully launched the Gaofen-5-02 optical sensing satellite

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This hyperspectral satellite will be used for environmental monitoring projects

BEIJING, September 7. /TASS/. China successfully launched the Gaofen-5-02 optical remote sensing satellite into orbit on Tuesday. This was announced by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

As specified on her page on the social network WeChat, the launch was carried out at 11:01 local time (06:01 Moscow time) using a CZ-4C rocket from the Taiyuan cosmodrome in the northern province of Shanxi. It became the 387th for the carriers of the "Changzheng" series.

This hyperspectral satellite, as noted, will be used for the implementation of environmental monitoring projects.

Beijing is actively developing the national space program, developing meteorological, telecommunications and navigation satellites, as well as technologies for the exploration of the Moon. Chinese scientists are also implementing a project to study asteroids and Mars, the study of the surface of which they have already begun.

According to the official statement of the Chinese corporation, this year China will carry out at least 40 launches and set a new national record. Since the beginning of the year, China has already put spacecraft into orbit 30 times.

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