Yaogan 8, 15

Yaogan 8 [CCTV]

The Yaogan 8 (Remote Sensing Satellite-8) remote sensing satellite was launched by CZ-4C rocket from China's Taiyuan space center on 15. December 2009. It is the first of a new generation of optical reconnaisance satellites.

YG-8 was built by the Aerospace Shanghai Technical Institute of th China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The optical payload on YG-8 was developed by the Changchun Light Technology Institute.

A second satellite of this class, Yaogan 15, was successfully launched on 29. May 2012.