A group of Yaogan-40 scientific satellites was launched into space in China.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has launched a group of remote sensing satellites Yaogan-40. This was announced on September 6 on the company's page on the WeChat social network.

It is specified that this is the third group of such satellites. The launch took place at 19:34 Moscow time from the Taiyuan cosmodrome. A CZ-6A launch vehicle was used to deliver the vehicles into orbit.

It is expected that the satellites will be used to study the electromagnetic environment and conduct appropriate experiments.

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