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China to launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan in June

Press Trust of India, Beijing | ByPress Trust of India
Apr 04, 2018 10:20 AM IST

The satellite will monitor ocean wind and waves. Long March-2C rockets are mainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits.

China will launch two remote sensing satellites for Pakistan in June, the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT) said on Tuesday.

A Pakistan national flag flies alongside a Chinese national flag in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.(REUTERS)
A Pakistan national flag flies alongside a Chinese national flag in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.(REUTERS)

It will be the first international commercial launch for a Long March-2C rocket after it carried Motorola’s Iridium satellites into orbit in 1999.

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The rocket will also carry the China-France Oceanography Satellite into space in September this year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported quoting CALVT.

The satellite will monitor ocean wind and waves. Long March-2C rockets are mainly used to send satellites into low Earth or Sun-synchronous orbits.

China had launched Pakistan’s communication Satellite PAKSAT-1R in 2011.

In 2016, Pakistan and China had signed an agreement for the launch of a special remote sensing satellite this year to monitor the development of the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.

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