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China launches new remote-sensing satellites by Staff Writers Xichang (XNA) Oct 28, 2020
China successfully sent a group of new remote-sensing satellites into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday. Belonging to the Yaogan-30 family, the satellites were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 11:19 p.m. (Beijing Time). The satellites have entered the planned orbits and will be used for electromagnetic environment detection and related technological tests. Also on board the rocket was a satellite belonging to the Tianqi constellation. The satellite, Tianqi-6, will be used for data transmission. The Tianqi constellation, developed by a Beijing-based high-tech company, is for short-message communications. It was the 350th mission of the Long March rocket series. Source: Xinhua News Agency
Satellites keep eye on crawfish for gourmets Wuhan (XNA) Oct 21, 2020 China's space programs have taken on a wide variety of duties, ranging from serving scientific endeavors, exploring extraterrestrial bodies, enabling better weather forecasts and guiding cars and ships. Soon, they will have a new group of beneficiaries-gourmets in love with freshwater crawfish-known in Chinese as xiaolongxia, or little lobsters. A domestic space-based system will help freshwater crawfish farmers in Hubei province-the largest producer in China of this gastronomically popular ... read more
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