In October 2023, Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (HKATG) officially becomes the Patron Member of the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC). Meanwhile, Mr. Sun Fengquan, Co-Chairman & CEO of HKATG, becomes the Patron of WGIC, and Mr. Shyy Wei, Chief Scientist of HKATG, becomes a member of the WGIC Executive Committee.
Ms. Barbara Ryan, Executive Director at WGIC, was invited to attend ASPACE Hong Kong Satellite Manufacturing Center Opening Ceremony on July 25, 2023. During the visit, Ms. Barbara Ryan expressed her hope to strengthen close cooperation between WGIC and HKATG/ASPACE, with a view to taking advantage of the advanced facilities and equipment of HKATG/ASPACE and jointly promoting the development of the world's space and geographic industry.
The World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC) is a global not-for-profit trade association. It brings together large, medium, and small business enterprises from around the world to identify, promote, and respond to issues of critical importance to those of us who operate businesses that use location technologies and data.
Joining WGIC will be significant for expanding the international influence of HKATG and exploring the international market.
China on Sunday sent a new communication test satellite into orbit from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province.
XICHANG, March 26 (Xinhua) -- China successfully sent a new data relay satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday. The Tianlian II-04 satellite was launched at 23:55 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit.
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.