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Yaogan 47 is developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and is intended for land resource surveys, urban mapping, agricultural yield monitoring, environmental protection, disaster prevention, and disaster mitigation.
A Long March 4B lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:41 am China Standard Time (03:41 am UTC) on December 9 carrying the Yaogan-47 remote sensing spacecraft to sun-synchronous orbit.
A Long March 4B launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, carrying the Yaogan 47 satellite.
Yaogan-47 follows the launch of Yaogan-45 and Yaogan-46, which were delivered to medium Earth orbit in September and November respectively.
The deployment of Yaogan 47 is part of the expansion of the People’s Liberation Army’s space-based surveillance network, categorized as dual-use or military assets.
On December 9, a Long March 4B launched from Jiuquan carrying the Yaogan 47 remote sensing satellite.
The other two launches that contributed to China's record were a Long March 6A with five GuoWang satellites and a Long March 4B with the Yaogan-47 spacecraft.
Yaogan-47 will be used for land surveys, crop yield estimation, environmental management, urban planning, road network design, and disaster prevention and mitigation.
Long March 4B Y64 launched YaoGan-47 from Jiuquan on December 09 at 03:41 UTC.
Yaogan-47 is designed to pass over the same targets on Earth each day at the same time.
The payload of the launch was the classified Yaogan-47 satellite.
The spacecraft being launched was the Yaogan-47 remote sensing satellite from the China Academy of Space Technology.