At 11.10 a.m. on July 3, China's Long March 4B launch vehicle successfully carried out a launch mission at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, putting the high-resolution multimode integrated imaging satellite Xibaipo into a predetermined orbit.
The satellite, developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, is China's first civilian satellite with sub-meter resolution.
It is an optical remote sensing satellite with multiple agile imaging modes and will be used mainly for acquiring high-resolution images of China's territory and surrounding areas.
The satellite mainly serves the industries of natural resources, disaster reduction and emergency response, agriculture and rural areas, ecological environment, housing and construction, forestry and grassland, etc.
It will break the monopoly of international commercial remote sensing satellite companies on the market of sub-meter resolution remote sensing images.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that this mission is the first time for the Long March 4B rocket to use the newly developed four-point connection unlocking device and the precision landing zone control technology to optimize the landing zone position of the original two-stage.
This was the 337th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.
