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.