According to a release from CNSA: “China on early Sunday sent a new satellite into space, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Sunday. The satellite, L-SAR4 01, was launched at 1:26 a.m. Beijing Time on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and then entered its planned orbit successfully.”
The launch cost is $70,000,000
The Global Times learned from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which oversaw the organization of the launch and manages the satellite program, that the newly launched satellite is the world’s first high-orbit SAR satellite that has entered the engineering implementation phase. Able to provide all-weather and all-day observation of China’s territory and surrounding areas, it will further improve the country’s space-based disaster monitoring system and is of great significance for comprehensively boosting the country’s disaster prevention, reduction, and relief capabilities.