DocM Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Earth observation satellites, aka Superview 1&2. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-12/28/c_135938315.htm TAIYUAN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- China launched a pair of 0.5-meter high-resolution remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province on Wednesday. The satellites, SuperView-1 01/02, blasted off at 11:23 a.m. Beijing time on the back of a Long March 2D rocket, according to the center. They are able to provide commercial images at 0.5-meter resolution. Edit: sounds like some sort of vehicle failure left them in the wrong orbit, but the satellites have enough deltaV to get to proper Sun-Synchronous orbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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