A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 04 satellite, a new Earth observation satellite, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Aug. 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Qijun)
The satellite will be used in a variety of fields, including land surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster relief.
It marks the 484th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 04 satellite, a new Earth observation satellite, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Aug. 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Qijun)
A Long March-4C carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-12 04 satellite, a new Earth observation satellite, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Aug. 21, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Qijun)