# China launches four advanced radar satellites

https://mins.news/en/item/66166

- China News Service, 2026-09-20 04:37 UTC
- Tech
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-09-20/detail-ihfkhtke4057910.shtml

> China launched four PIESAT-2 satellites on a Long March 2D rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi. Equipped with high-resolution synthetic aperture radar and onboard intelligent processing and mission-planning payloads, the satellites can process remote-sensing data in orbit in real time.

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