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China launches new Gaofen-11 high resolution spy satellite to match U.S. capabilities

Written by  Andrew Jones Monday, 22 November 2021 11:09
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A Long March 4B rocket lifts off from Taiyuan Nov. 19, 2021, carrying the Gaofen-11 (03) remote sensing satellite. Credit: CASC

HELSINKI — China launched its third Gaofen-11 reconnaissance satellite Nov. 19, adding to a set of classified satellites with an optical resolution which may be comparable to top U.S.

spy satellites. A Long March 4B lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China at 8:51 p.m. Friday, inserting the Gaofen-11 (03) satellite […]

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