Executive Secretary of the U.S. National Space Council can not imagine space cooperation with China
07 December 2018
In an interview with SpaceWatch.Global, Dr. Scott Pace, the Executive Secretary of the U.S. National Space Council run by U.S. Vice President Michael R. Pence, said that the U.S. does not envision any form of space cooperation with China. “China has good capabilities but the political situation is difficult. As a result, trying to build trust in civil space cooperation is very, very challenging... Not so much a competitor but a potential problem is China. China is becoming increasingly active in commercial space activities and at one level that’s a perfectly normal thing to occur. However, Chinese behaviour in other industrial sectors has had a distorting effect on markets. It has affected patterns of innovation and patterns of ownership.”
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China launched two satellites for Saudi Arabia
07 December 2018
China launched two satellites for Saudi Arabia on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on 07 December at 12:12 p.m. Each weighing 425 kg, the two low orbit remote sensing satellites developed by Saudi Arabia have a design life of five years. They are mainly used for achieving ground images. The rocket also carried 10 small satellites. The satellites have all entered the orbit.
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Big Earth data launched at digital Belt and Road conference
07 December 2018
A Digital Belt and Road big Earth data platform was launched at the on-going 3rd Conference of Digital Belt and Road held in Tengchong, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. As an A-class strategic high-tech research project initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2016, the cloud service platform aims to establish an open international center for big Earth data.
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Chinese company unveils first satellite for free, global WiFi
29 November 2018
A Chinese internet technology company LinkSure Network, founded in Shanghai in 2013 unveiled the first satellite in a constellation plan to provide free WiFi service worldwide, following international tech giants into the field. LinkSure Network is a global innovative mobile internet company specializing in free internet access, content and location-based services. The first satellite will be launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center next year, and by 2020 there will be 10 satellites in space. The constellation will have 272 satellites by 2026.
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