- Title: CHINA: China launches remote-sensing satellite
- Date: 2nd September 2013
- Summary: JIUQUAN, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 2, 2013) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (CCTV - NO ACCESS CHINA) ROCKET LAUNCHING FROM PAD ROCKET RISING IN AIR WORKERS IN CONTROL CENTRE WATCHING SCREEN SHOWING ROCKET FLYING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SEATED WATCHING SCREEN SHOWING PARTS OF ROCKET SEPARATING IN AIR PEOPLE SEATED WATCHING SCREEN SHOWING DIGITAL SIMULATION OF ROCKET PIECES SEPARATING PEOPLE CLAPPING
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Technology
- Reuters ID: LVABPNAHI9C0CXNAWFQZHEI7MF1A
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3
- Story Text: China successfully launched a remote-sensing satellite into space on Monday (September 2), state media reported.
A Long March-4C carrier rocket holding the Yaogan XVII satellite took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern province of Gansu early in the morning, official broadcaster CCTV reported.
The satellite entered orbit as planned, the report said, adding that it would be used mainly for the investigation of land resources and agriculture, scientific experimentation and disaster control.
The launch was the 180th by the Long March series of rockets, it added.
The United States is concerned about China's expanding ability to disrupt the most sensitive U.S. military and intelligence satellites, as Beijing pursues its expanded ambitions in space, according to multiple sources in the U.S. government and outside space experts.
A classified U.S. intelligence assessment completed late last year analysed China's increasing activities in space and mapped out the growing vulnerability of U.S. satellites that provide secure military communications, warn about enemy missile launches and provide precise targeting co-ordinates, said the sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly.
China, however, still lags behind the U.S. both in space and in most areas of its military.
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