A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying satellites of the Yaogan-40 04 group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 24, 2026. The new group of remote sensing satellites, launched at 4:46 p.m. (Beijing Time) have entered the preset orbits successfully. They will be used to carry out electromagnetic environment detection and related technical tests. The launch marked the 670th mission of the Long March carrier rockets. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)
TAIYUAN, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- China launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi on Thursday.
The satellites of the Yaogan-40 04 group, launched at 4:46 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket, have entered the preset orbits successfully.
They will be used to carry out electromagnetic environment detection and related technical tests.
The launch marked the 670th mission of the Long March carrier rockets. ■
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying satellites of the Yaogan-40 04 group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 24, 2026. The new group of remote sensing satellites, launched at 4:46 p.m. (Beijing Time) have entered the preset orbits successfully.
They will be used to carry out electromagnetic environment detection and related technical tests.
The launch marked the 670th mission of the Long March carrier rockets. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)
A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying satellites of the Yaogan-40 04 group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 24, 2026. The new group of remote sensing satellites, launched at 4:46 p.m. (Beijing Time) have entered the preset orbits successfully.
They will be used to carry out electromagnetic environment detection and related technical tests.
The launch marked the 670th mission of the Long March carrier rockets. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)
