07 April 2022
The China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station has formally acquired the capability to receive, process and distribute the data product transmitted from the Landsat 9 satellite, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The station has received data from the Landsat 5 since 1986 and distributed Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 observation data to users nationwide. The institute operates 5 branches - 4 in China and one in the Arctic. The stations in Beijing, Xinjiang and Hainan have completed the international ground station certification of the Landsat 9 satellite.
Landsat 9 was launched in September 2021 and started operation in January 2022.
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