China Expands Remote-Sensing Satellite Constellation

Yaogan-34 launch
Credit: Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua
MOSCOW—A Chinese Long March 4C successfully launched a new remote-sensing satellite—the Yaogan-34—from its Jiuquan spaceport in Inner Mongolia at 4:27 EDT on April 30, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) reported. Yaogan-34 was developed by the Eighth Academy of CASC, also known...
Maxim Pyadushkin

In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine. In the past he was in charge of several ATO’s sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.

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