BEIJING, 28 December, 2020, (TON): China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:44 p.m. (Beijing Time) in northwest China on Sunday.

A Long March-4C rocket carrying Yaogan-33 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on December 27, 2020.

The satellite, Yaogan-33, entered the planned orbit successfully. The mission also sent a micro and nano technology experiment satellite into orbit.

The satellite, Yaogan-33, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 357th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

The two satellites will be used as a new remote sensing bird that will be used mainly for scientific experiment research, marine and land resource surveys, and other tasks.

Earleir, another Yaogan Weixing-33 failed to reach orbit on 22 May 2019. It was lost on a Long March-4C launch, failure that occurred a few minutes after launch from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.