China launched a new satellite titled “Gaofen-11 03” from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on 20 November.
Highlights:
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre is in Shanxi’s northern region.
A Long March-4B rocket was used to launch the satellite.
It successfully entered the intended orbit.
The satellite was launched on the 397th launch of the Long March series carrier rockets.
Gaofen
Gaofen is a Chinese series of high-resolution Earth imaging satellites that are utilised for the government-sponsored China High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS).
Gaofen 1, the first satellite of the Gaofen series, was launched in 2013. Gaofen-11 03 is a Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) Earth observation satellite.
It was successfully separated in the Sun-synchronous orbit.