JIUQUAN, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — China has sent a remote sensing satellite, the “VRSS-1,” into space from northwest China’s Gobi dessert for Venezuela, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The launch, at noon Saturday, marks China’s first in-orbit delivery of a remote sensing satellite to an international customer, it said.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, VRSS-1 is Venezuela’s first remote sensing satellite, and it will be mainly used for the country’s land resources inspections, environmental protection, disaster detection and management, crop yield estimation and city plans.<\/p>\n
China’s Long March-2D carrier rocket, designed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, was used for the launch, the statement said.<\/p>\n
The success of the launch will promote China’s development in new fields, including remote sensing satellites, carrier rockets, image processing and other relevant industries, the statement said.<\/p>\n
In 2008, China launched Venezuela’s first satellite — the Venesat-1, or “Simon Bolivar” — to carry communications facilities.<\/p>\n
Venesat-1, which was a jointly built telecommunication satellite, made Venezuela the fourth Latin American country to own a satellite after Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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