{"id":3646,"date":"2021-02-03T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2021-02-03T08:10:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:10:23","slug":"china-launches-a-trio-of-reconnaissance-satellites-from-gobi-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/03\/china-launches-a-trio-of-reconnaissance-satellites-from-gobi-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches a trio of reconnaissance satellites from Gobi Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3647\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-Launched-Long-March-2C-To-Deploy-Military-Surveillance-Satellite-China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpg\" alt=\"China-Launched-Long-March-2C-To-Deploy-Military-Surveillance-Satellite-China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news\" width=\"740\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-Launched-Long-March-2C-To-Deploy-Military-Surveillance-Satellite-China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news.jpg 740w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-Launched-Long-March-2C-To-Deploy-Military-Surveillance-Satellite-China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>China added to its space reconnaissance capabilities with the launch of a trio of satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center last week.<\/p>\n<p>A Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Friday (Jan. 29) at 12:47 p.m. local time (0447 GMT; 11:47 p.m. Jan. 28 EST), according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), China&#8217;s main space contractor.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"1286423157096219000\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>The rocket sent three Yaogan 31 satellites into orbits of about 680 miles (1,100 kilometers) in altitude and inclined by 63 degrees. This means the satellites pass over the Earth as far north as southern Alaska and as far south as the South Shetland Islands, just north of the Antarctic Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3650\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"940\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews.jpg 940w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-launched-three-military-spy-satellites-into-orbit-rapidnews-rapid-news-dailyrapidnews-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two-stage Long March 2C rocket,\u00a0fueled by liquid hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, delivered the three Yaogan 30 satellites to a 370-mile-high (595-kilometer) orbit inclined 35 degrees to the equator, according to U.S. military tracking data.<\/p>\n<p>The satellites are the seventh triplet of Yaogan 30-type spacecraft since 2017 launched on Long March 2C rockets from the Xichang facility into similar orbits. The three Yaogan 30-07 satellites launched Monday are designed for remote sensing of the \u201celectromagnetic environment\u201d from their orbit 370 miles above Earth, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government uses the Yaogan name for the country\u2019s military satellites, and the Yaogan 30 family is believed to be designed for a signals intelligence mission.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts suggested the Yaogan 30 family of satellites could be testing new electronic eavesdropping equipment, or helping the Chinese military track U.S. and other foreign naval deployments.\u00a0But details about the spacecraft and their missions have not been disclosed by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth payload hitched a ride to space on the Long March 2C rocket Monday. The small satellite, named Tianqi 6, was\u00a0launched for the Beijing-based company Guodian Gaoke on a mission to provide commercial data relay services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China added to its space reconnaissance capabilities with the launch of a trio of satellites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China Launches Three Military Spy Satellites | Rapid News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China added to its space reconnaissance capabilities with the launch of a trio of satellites from the 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