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China, UK Firm Launch Satellite Mission
Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2004 China is actively taking part in international co-operation in Earth observation satellites, to study meteorology, natural resources, environment surveillance and other civil air-to-surface research, sources from the Ministry of Science and Technology said. Chinese scientists and their counterparts in the Surrey Company of Britain are jointly developing a satellite for meteorological studies. The satellite, with a higher reso-lution than ordinary meteorological satellites, is expected to be launched next May, said the ministry's official Shao Liqin, at a news conference yesterday in Beijing. Through satellite-based Earth observation, Chinese scientists are also working hard to study global climate change and water resource rationalization and build a large database of new findings. Their studies will focus on the Indian Ocean, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adjacent areas, the North Pole and the South Pole, to approach new findings for climate change. International co-operation is vital for the results, said vice-minister of science and technology Liu Yanhua. Source: Xinhua News Agency Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
SpaceDev Awarded Phase II Of $43 Million MDA Contract
Poway CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2004SpaceDev has been awarded the second task order on its existing $43 million contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), to design and develop up to six responsive, affordable high-performance networked micro-satellites to support national missile defense. |
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