Gaofen 7 satellite starts operation
20 August 2020
China's best optical Earth-observation satellite for civil use has finished its in-orbit tests and started formal operation on 20 August. At a handover ceremony at CNSA in the morning of 20 August, designers of the Gaofen 7 announced that the satellite began to serve its major users: the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National Bureau of Statistics.
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Tianqin 2 to test key technology for next-generation gravity satellite
20 August 2020
The second phase of China's Tianqin project will verify the key technologies for next-generation gravity satellites, which will serve to carry out precise measurements of Earth's gravity, helping humankind tackle climate change and natural disasters, experts said. One of those technologies is the orbit-intersatellite laser interferometry. "China is on the same starting line as the US and Germany in this regard, as every country is accelerating in their breakthrough of next-generation gravity satellite technology and in competition for the leading position," said academician Xu Houze from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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China to hold 2020 space conference in September
18 August 2020
The 2020 China Space Conference will be held from 18 to 21 September in Fuzhou, capital city of east China's Fujian Province. The event will be jointly hosted by the Chinese Society of Astronautics and the China Space Foundation. Participants from all over the world will exchange ideas on China's strategic plans for post-epidemic space development, key technology breakthroughs, spatial information industry development along the Maritime Silk Road and international space cooperation. People interested in the conference can register at the conference's website, csc2020.csaspace.org.cn
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HY-2C and HY-3A marine satellites planned for launch
19 August 2020
China plans to launch two Haiyang satellites in the coming months for marine research and observation. Jiang Xingwei, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and former director of the National Satellite Ocean Application Service, said in a statement published by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp on 17 August that HY-2C will be launched in September and HY-3A in November. In 2021, two oceanographic research satellites will be launched, he said, adding that Chinese scientists are also developing seven new satellites for marine science and applications.
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