16 December 2025 year Fr. 03:17 (UTC) with Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, using a launch vehicle «Long March 4B» launched a ka «Ziyuan-3 04».
KA «Ziyuan-3 04» — Chinese civilian satellite of stereoscopic mapping. His main tool is a three-line panchromatic camera, which provides imaging with a resolution of 2.1–2.6 m and a bandwidth 51 km to create 3D relief models.
In addition, the spacecraft is equipped with a multispectral scanner with high resolution 5,8 m for environmental and vegetation monitoring.
The satellite is operated by the Center for the Application of Satellite Surveying and Cartography (SASMAC).
«Long March 4B» – 3-stage launch vehicle from the family «Long March» is being developed by the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The length of the rocket is 44,1 city, diameter — 3,35 city, starting table — 249 T. Can raise to low Earth orbit 4200 kg of payload, is mainly used to launch satellites into low orbits.
According to the CCS