from the cosmodrome of Tszyutsuyan on the north-west of China, a Changzhen-2V rocket (LONG MARCH-2C) with a new group of four Piesat-2 remote sensing satellites on board was launched on Saturday.
According to the Sinhua agency, spacecraft successfully reached a given orbit.
They will be used mainly for the provision of commercial services in the field of remote sensing data.
For Changzhen series launch vehicles, this flight became 544th in a row.
New satellites are equipped with interferometric radar with synthesized aperture (Insar), designed for high -precision mapping of the earth’s crust.
Using radars, satellites can fix the movements of the earth’s crust with an accuracy of several centimeters. This allows scientists to study deformations caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, the movement of glaciers, landslides and soil subsidiaries.
In March 2023, China launched the first group of four Piesat-1 satellites, which formed in orbit the world’s first wheel-shaped satellite group.