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China Launches Three Remote Sensing Satellites – Jilin-1-04, Jilin-1-05 and Jilin-1-06

November 21 (ANI): China has launched three remote sensing satellites to promote commercial use for the remote sensing industry. The satellites — Jilin-1-04, Jilin-1-05, and Jilin-1-06 — were carried by a

Global Positioning System

Launch of China’s New-Generation Beidou-3 Navigation Satellites

November 5, 2017  – According to recent news, China has successfully launched two navigation satellites – namely the Beidou-3M1 (Beidou-24) and Beidou-3M2 (Beidou-25) navigation satellite using a Long March-3B/YZ-1 rocket. The satellites are

Remote Sensing

China Launched the 2nd Remote Sensing Satellite for Venezuela

According to recent news reported by Sputnik, China launched the second Venezuela Remote Sensing Satellite (VRSS-2)  using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle on October 09, 2017. Also known by

Remote Sensing

China, Russia to Sign Agreement to Boost Space Cooperation

Beijing, Aug 28 (IANS): China and Russia are set to sign a milestone agreement on joint space exploration from 2018 to 2022, the media reported on Monday. The deal is expected

GIS Data

China Adopts Revised Surveying and Mapping Law – Protecting National Security & Raising Public Awareness

China – April 28, 2017 – China’s top legislature Thursday passed a revised surveying and mapping law, protecting geographic information security and raising public awareness of national territory. The legislation

GIS

China Unveils Results of First National Geoinformation Survey

China boasts a total of 7.56 million square kilometers of vegetation cover, while buildings cover 153,000 square kilometers of land, the State Council Information Office unveiled at a news briefing

LiDAR

AIOFM’s Rapid Online Monitoring LiDAR System Steps into Its Industrialization

With support from special project of national major scientific apparatus “R&D and Application of LIDAR System for Spatial-Temporal Detection of Atmospheric Fine Particle and Ozone”, Anhui Institute of Optics and

Remote Sensing

China Launches SuperView-1 Duo High-resolution Remote Sensing Satellites

December 28, 2016 – China today successfully launched a pair of high-resolution remote sensing satellites to get commercial images. The satellites were launched today from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in

GIS

China Made Venezuela and Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite Launch in 2018

According to recent news by the Business Recorder, China Great Wall Industry Corp, the nation’s only authorized firm for international space collaboration, will launch Venezuela’s second remote sensing satellite next

Remote Sensing

China Developing Water Cycle Observation Satellite to Monitor Hydrological Events

According to recent news by PTI, China will launch its first geoscientific satellite by 2020 for forecasting hydrological events, including floods and droughts. China announced its plans for the Water