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9. China’s Remote Sensing Satellites

Author : S. Chandrashekar

Published in: China's Space Programme

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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As of the end of 2020 China had launched a total of 114 remote sensing satellites. Two of these satellites were procured from the UK and launched on Russian rockets.

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Title: China’s Remote Sensing Satellites
Author: S. Chandrashekar
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: China's Space Programme
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-1503-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-1504-8

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1504-8_9

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