A LM-4C launched the GF-10 into Orbit

China launched the GF-10 satellite into orbit using a LM-4C launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 02：51 Beijing time on October 5.The satellite entered the preset orbit successfully.

Developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST),GF-10 is a microwave remote sensing satellite in the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System,a national major special project.With a ground sampling distance (GSD) up to sub-meter level,it will be used mainly for land survey,city planning,confirmation of land right,road network designing,crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation,providing information support for implementation of national strategies and modernization of national defense for countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.

The LM-4C launch vehicle which carried out this mission was also developed by the SAST.This was the 314th mission of the Long March launch vehicle family.

The Gaofen series of satellites have been used for disaster monitoring.For example,since July 2019,continuous rain caused flooding in several parts of India,and ISRO activated the Charter on the night of July 17,requesting help.At 01：00 on July 18,China National Space Administration (CNSA) received the request from the emergency on-call officer of the Charter.China activated the satellite emergency response mechanism and with CRESDA taking emergency disaster relief action,and scheduled GF-1,GF-2 and GF-3 satellites to image the Indian flooding affected areas,providing 14 scenes of data of the flooding areas before and after the disaster for ISRO,thus providing strong technical support for flood monitoring.(ZONG Wen/ZHAO Cong/China Space News)

A LM-4C launch vehicle is lifting off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on October 5,sending the GF-10 satellite into orbit