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China To Launch 6 Geographical Survey Satellites
Beijing, China (XNA) Dec 18, 2006 The China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CCRSDA) announced here Thursday that it will launch six geographical survey satellites in five years. The center will also establish a high-resolution land observation project and build a data center for the satellites. Set up in 1991, the CCRSDA completed China's first application system for resources satellites in August 1999. CBERS-1, the first in a series of earth resources satellites, was launched two months later. Data from the satellites has been used in agriculture, forestry, city planning, environmental protection and disaster monitoring.
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China Enhances Spacecraft Monitoring Network
Beijing (XNA) Dec 13, 2006China is beefing up its space-monitoring network, and will locate its central command system powered by sophisticated homegrown technology in north China's Xi'an city, according to an industry source. "The orbit error of China's spacecraft can be reduced to a little more than ten meters, compared to more than a hundred kilometers when space technology in China was still underdeveloped," Ce.cn, a Chinese economic portal website, quoted a space expert as saying. |
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