China launches Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F remote sensing satellite via Kuaizhou 1A
Source: NASA Spaceflight
Date Published: 10/27/2021
China’s small Kuaizhou 1A rocket has launched the latest satellite in the Jilin-1 Earth-imaging constellation Wednesday, in a low-key mission out of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Kuaizhou lifted off at 06:19 UTC (14:19 Beijing time), deploying its payload into a sun-synchronous orbit.