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China launches Yaogan-28 remote sensing satellite from Taiyuan
ANDREW JONES 2015/11/08
The Yaogan Weixing 16 satellite being launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in November 2012 by a Long March 4C rocket. (Photo: CNS)
China on Sunday launched its latest remote sensing satellite on a Long March 4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province in North China.
The Yaogan Weixing-28 payload blasted off at 15:06 Beijing time (09:06 UTC), making it China's 14th orbital launch of the year so far.
The satellite was made by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the Chinese space program, but little is known regarding the uses of the Yaogan Weixing series of remote sensing satellite.
Chinese media describe them generically as being mainly for scientific experiments, land resource surveying, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention and reduction and other fields.
However, western analysts believe the series of satellites are of a military nature, using electronic intelligence (ELINT), electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar sensing equipment.
Spaceflightnow.com has previously claimed that the Yaogan name maybe a cover for a spy satellite program, dedicated to optical and radar imaging, maritime surveillance and related missions.
China launches Yaogan-28 remote sensing satellite from Taiyuan | gbtimes.com
ANDREW JONES 2015/11/08
The Yaogan Weixing 16 satellite being launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in November 2012 by a Long March 4C rocket. (Photo: CNS)China on Sunday launched its latest remote sensing satellite on a Long March 4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province in North China.
The Yaogan Weixing-28 payload blasted off at 15:06 Beijing time (09:06 UTC), making it China's 14th orbital launch of the year so far.
The satellite was made by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the Chinese space program, but little is known regarding the uses of the Yaogan Weixing series of remote sensing satellite.
Chinese media describe them generically as being mainly for scientific experiments, land resource surveying, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention and reduction and other fields.
However, western analysts believe the series of satellites are of a military nature, using electronic intelligence (ELINT), electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar sensing equipment.
Spaceflightnow.com has previously claimed that the Yaogan name maybe a cover for a spy satellite program, dedicated to optical and radar imaging, maritime surveillance and related missions.
China launches Yaogan-28 remote sensing satellite from Taiyuan | gbtimes.com
