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Detailed explanation-1: -China sent a new remote sensing satellite of the Yaogan-34 series into space atop a Long March-4C carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 09:38 a.m. on Tuesday. The Yaogan-34 03 satellite has successfully entered its planned orbit, according to China Media Group (CMG).

Detailed explanation-2: -China sends second Shiyan-10 test satellite sent into orbit with its final launch of 2022. HELSINKI - China has conducted its 64th and final launch of the year, sending the Shiyan-10 (02) into orbit from Xichang spaceport.

Detailed explanation-3: -Satellites. The development of satellite based remote sensing began with the “space race” in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite.

Detailed explanation-4: -EOS-06 commenced serving the images. First-day images received on Nov 29, 2022, at NRSC, Shadnagar cover the Himalayan region, Gujarat Kutch region, & the Arabian Sea. “They are captured by the Ocean Color Monitor (OCM) and Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM) sensors (on board EOS-06)", it said.

Detailed explanation-5: -The APStar 6E spacecraft will spend months raising its orbit to reach its final destination. China carried out its third space mission of 2023 on Thursday (Jan.