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China launches land exploration satellite
December 25 , 2017
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- China has launched its second Land Surveying Satellite (LKW-2) into a preset orbit for remote sensing operations in China’s Gansu Province.
- It was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.
- A Long March-2D (two-stage rocket) rocket carried the satellite into space. The launch was the 259th mission of the Long March rocket series.
- Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), LKW-2 is probably an electro-optical observation satellite based on the military Jianbing-6 series.
- LKW-2 (also known as Yaogan Weixing-32) is a land-exploration satellite that will be mainly used for remote sensing exploration of land resources.
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