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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country Launched Gaofen-5 To Monitor Air Pollution?
A
China
B
Pakistan
C
Indonesia
D
India
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gaofen-5 is the first China-made satellite capable of monitoring air pollution.

Detailed explanation-2: -TAIYUAN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua)–China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province at 2:31 a.m. Friday. The satellite, named Gaofen-5 01A, was launched aboard a Long March-2D rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.

Detailed explanation-3: -Satellites. Since the program’s start in 2013, the People’s Republic of China has launched 30 Gaofen-series satellites and has not yet experienced a launch failure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gaofen-5 02 is a hyperspectral satellite that will be used for comprehensive environmental monitoring, to improve the country’s hyperspectral observation capacity of the atmosphere, water and land.

Detailed explanation-5: -GaoFen-5 runs in a sun-synchronous orbit with the 2-days revisiting period. DPC employed a charge coupled device detection unit, and can realize spatial resolution of 3.3 km under a swath width of 1850 km.

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