The launch took place at 1.26 local time (20.26 Moscow time Saturday) from the Xichang Cosmodrome, located in Sichuan Province in southwestern China. Some time after the launch, the satellite successfully entered the specified orbit.
«This is the world's first High Orbit Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, which has entered the project implementation stage,» the report says. management message.
It is specified that the satellite will improve the system of space monitoring of natural disasters in the country and thus increase the ability to prevent natural disasters and mitigate their consequences.