China prepares satellite to help detect quakes
03 April 2014
China's first test satellite for detecting electromagnetic anomalies from space will launch in 2016 in a move that is aimed at improving the country's earthquake monitoring network and moving its seismological science forward. Yuan Shigeng, project manager for the satellite, said the polar-orbiting device will carry eight payloads, including a search-oil magnetometer, electric field detector, energetic particle sensors designed by China and Italy, and a Langmiur probe and plasma analyzer.
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China mulls global satellite surveillance after flight 370 riddle
30 March 2014
China is considering massively increasing its network of surveillance and observation satellites so it can monitor the entire planet, scientists working on the project said. The government is mulling building more than 50 orbiting probes, which Chinese researchers said would make the nation's satellite surveillance network on par with, or even larger than, that of the United States. Frustration with the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft over the past three weeks had led the project to win strong backing from decision makers in Beijing, the researchers said.
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China launched experimental satellite
31 March 2014
China successfully launched an experimental satellite into preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in its northwestern gobi desert on Monday morning. The Shijian-11-06 was boosted by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 10:58 Beijing Time. The satellite, which was developed by China Spacesat Co. Ltd under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, will be used to conduct scientific experiments in space.
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Joint Sino-French Satellite Project
28 March 2014
SpaceNews is reporting that the Space Agencies of China and France have approved a joint satellite cooperation project for the remote sensing of the ocean surfaces. The China-France Oceanic Satellite - CFOSat will be equiped with instruments from both countries and supposed to be launched in 2018 on a Long March rocket.
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