Long March-4B launches Gaofen-11 04

A Long March-4B launch vehicle launched the Gaofen-11 04 Earth-observation satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, China, on 27 December 2022, at 07:37 UTC (15:37 local time). According to official sources, Gaofen-11 04 (高分十一号04) entered the planned orbit successfully and will form a network with Gaofen-11 01, 02 and 03, that “will be used in diverse fields, including land resources surveying, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster relief”.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)