# China launches two new remote-sensing satellite groups

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- CGTN, 2026-09-10 12:19 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-09-10/China-launches-new-remote-sensing-satellite-groups-1Qkt8z4YnCM/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> China launched the Yaogan-53 and Yaogan-56 remote-sensing satellite groups from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 5:00 p.m. Beijing Time on Thursday aboard a Long March-4B rocket. The satellites entered their planned orbits and will support scientific experiments, land and resource surveys, crop-yield estimates, and disaster prevention. The mission was the 666th launch of the Long March rocket family.