China launched a Long March 2C/3 (CZ-2C/3) vehicle from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 2257 GMT on 15 July 2022.
The vehicle carried SuperView Neo 2-01 and 2-02 (aka Siwei Gaojing 3 and 4), a pair of Earth observation satellites, to a Sun-Synchronous low Earth Orbit (SSO). Operated and constructed by China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd – a subsidiary of the a subsidiary of state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) – the satellites will be used to capture synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) images with a resolution of 50 cm.
Jonathan Freeman contributed to this story.
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A Long March-2C rocket carried a pair of satellites known as SuperView Neo-2 01/02, or Siwei Gaojing-2 01/02. Courtesy: Xinhua.