China Launches Yaogan-30 06 Group of Satellites

China successfully launched 3 satellites,Yaogan-30 06 group,into their preset orbits atop a LM-2C carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 11:43 Beijing time on March 24,2020.

The satellites were developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.They will work as a constellation to conduct electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests.

The LM-2C carrier rocket was developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.

This was LM-2C launch vehicle’s first mission in 2020 and the 329th launch of the LM series launch vehicle.(MIAO Shanshan/China Space News)

Yaogan-30 06 group of satellites are being launched by a LM-2C carrier rocketPhoto:XIAO Guojun