Xinhua
25 Nov 2021, 08:48 GMT+10
JIUQUAN, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
The Shiyan-11 satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 7:41 a.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit.
The satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, urban planning, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation.
Kuaizhou-1A, which means "fast ship" in Chinese, is a low-cost small solid-fuel carrier rocket with a short preparation period. The rocket is designed to launch low-orbit satellites weighing under 300 kg.
It was the 13th flight mission of the Kuaizhou-1A rockets, according to the launch center.
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