China launches new remote sensing satellite group

A modified Long March-6 carrier rocket carrying a group of remote sensing satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China's Shanxi Province on Sept. 7, 2025. - Xinhua

TAIYUAN, China: China launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday (Sept 7).

The satellites of the Yaogan-40 03 group were launched at 12:34 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket, and they entered the preset orbits successfully.