On 5 August 2024, USPACE Technology Group Limited (USPACE) and its subsidiary ASPACE Satellite Technology Limited (ASPACE) were awarded certificates by the SGS Group, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, demonstrating that USPACE and ASPACE management systems meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System), and ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System).
The audit team of SGS had conducted a detailed review of the quality management system, environmental management system, occupational health and safety management system and other aspects following the above-mentioned ISO standards, centring on the core business scopes of USPACE in the design of remote sensing, communications, and navigation satellites and ASPACE in the design and manufacturing of remote sensing, communications and navigation satellites. The audit team concluded that the organisations had established and have been maintaining their management system(s) in line with the requirements of the ISO standard(s) and demonstrated the ability of the system to systematically achieve the agreed requirements within the scope and thus recommend certification.
China on Sunday sent a new communication test satellite into orbit from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province.
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