China has successfully launched a remote sensing satellite to be used for experiments, land survey and disaster relief. Yaogan-29 was carried by Long March-4C rocket after it was launched from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi Province, north China. The remote sensing satellite is designed to cover areas in China for scientific experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief monitoring. Designed and built by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), the satellite is a radar imaging platform. Read more via Tech Times
