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Ecosystem observation satellite is launched

China deployed a terrestrial ecosystem observation satellite on the morning of Aug 4 to facilitate the country’s environmental protection efforts.

According to the China National Space Administration, the satellite, which is named after Goumang, the god of forestry, spring and the orient in ancient Chinese mythology, was carried by a Long March 4B rocket that blasted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi province.

Designed and built by the China Academy of Space Technology, Goumang has four mission payloads — a laser radar, a multi-angle multispectral camera, a hyperspectral detector and a polarization imager. The spacecraft is tasked with detecting and measuring carbon elements in ecosystems.

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