China will share its orbiting eyes with SCO countries
12 June 2018
President Xi Jinping said in a speech at the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit on 10 June in Qingdao, Shandong Province that China is ready to offer meteorological services to all parties through its Fengyun 2 weather satellites. Many of the SCO countries are characterised by high mountains, deserts, oceans and a lack of meteorological information. The number of meteorological disasters in the region is more than double the world average. President Xi also called for solid cooperation in areas such as education, science, technology and disaster relief.
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Gaofen satellites reduce China's dependence on foreign data
12 June 2018
China's recently launched two Gaofen series satellites mark the establishment of a ground-air observation system that reduces China's dependence on foreign data. With the recent satellite launches, China has nearly established a Gaofen data system involving variable space resolutions and cover widths, spectral coverages and revisit periods. "From the Gaofen satellites, we can expect China's military surveillance and remote sensing satellites to have similarly strong performance," Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on 11 June.
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Russia and China sign Memorandum on Cooperation in space exploration
08 June 2018
Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding on lunar and deep space exploration. The agreement was signed following Putin’s talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Roscosmos said in a statement. Dmitry Rogozin, the new Director General of the Russian space agency and the country’s former Deputy Prime Minister, struck the cooperation deal with the Administrator of CNSA, Zhang Kedzhan. The agencies didn’t reveal specific details relating to the agreement, but the latest move is the third instance of Roscosmos’ gradual shift toward CNSA in last few months. The memorandum follows up on a 3 March Roscosmos-CNSA agreement to cooperate on lunar and deep space exploration by establishing a joint data center.
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China signs up to four new radionuclear units from Russia
08 June 2018
Russia and China have signed four agreements in the area of nuclear energy. The fourth agreement concerns the supply of radionuclide heat units (UHR) used as parts of radioisotope thermoelectric generators to power equipment in China's space programme, for use in lunar exploration in particular, Rosatom said. The signing ceremony was held on 8 June in Beijing and attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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