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![]() by Staff Writers Jiuquan (XNA) Jan 01, 2019
China successfully sent six atmospheric environment research satellites and a test communication satellite into orbit Saturday. They were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:00 p.m. The six Yunhai-2 satellites will be used to study atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce disasters, and conduct scientific experiments. Source: Xinhua News
![]() ![]() First detection of rain over the ocean by navigation satellites Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 In order to analyse climate change or provide information on natural hazards, for example, it is important for researchers to gather knowledge about rain. Better knowledge of precipitation and its distribution could, for example, help protect against river flooding. On land, monitoring stations can provide data by collecting precipitation. At sea, it's not so easy. A new approach by a team around Milad Asgarimehr, who works in the GFZ section for Space Geodetic Techniques and at the Technical Univ ... read more
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