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2024-11
China launches new group of remote-sensing satellites
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying four remote-sensing satellites of PIESAT-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 9, 2024. China successfully sent a new group of remote-sensing satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday. The four satellites of PIESAT-2 were launched at 11:39 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2C carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully. [Photo/Xinhua]
JIUQUAN, Nov. 9 -- China successfully sent a new group of remote-sensing satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The four satellites of PIESAT-2 were launched at 11:39 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2C carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.
They will mainly provide commercial remote-sensing data services.
The launch was the 544th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
In March 2023, China launched PIESAT-1 or Hongtu-1, a wheel-like formation of four satellites, the first formation of its kind in the world. They later successfully obtained high-precision terrain mapping data products using the multi-baseline interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technology, marking China's first in-orbit application of such a mapping system.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying four remote-sensing satellites of PIESAT-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 9, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying four remote-sensing satellites of PIESAT-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 9, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying four remote-sensing satellites of PIESAT-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 9, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying four remote-sensing satellites of PIESAT-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 9, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying four remote-sensing satellites of PIESAT-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Nov. 9, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
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20
2024-11
Kepler goes all in on optical communications
NEW YORK — Kepler Communications is seeking permission to operate larger but significantly fewer satellites for its proposed data relay constellation, which would now use lasers instead of radio frequencies to connect low Earth orbit (LEO) customers.
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19
2024-11
China, Brazil make progress on 7th satellite
Spacecraft designers and engineers from China and Brazil are working to develop a remote-sensing satellite that will obtain data and images for public services and economic development.
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15
2024-11
Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia Visits USPACE
On November 15, Abdulrahman AlMazyad, Managing Director of Defense Sector at the Ministry of Investment, visited USPACE, bringing forth positive prospects for cooperation in the aerospace field between USPACE and Saudi Arabia.
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