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China receives data from newly launched ecosystem monitoring satellite by Staff Writers Beijing (XNA) Aug 08, 2022
China has received data from its newly launched terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite, scientists in charge of receiving the satellite data said. The satellite was carried into space on Thursday by a Long March-4B rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province. Since Thursday night, ground stations located in Beijing and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have tracked and received the data from the satellite in three tasks, which lasted 25 minutes with a total size of 306 GB, said the Aerospace Information Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Tasked with obtaining information on forest carbon sinks, the satellite will boost China's carbon peaking and neutrality efforts, offering support and services in fields such as forestry, grasslands and the ecological environment. Source: Xinhua News Agency
M2 satellite delivers Australia's first high-res Earth observation images Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 A UNSW Canberra Space satellite mission, known as M2, is now delivering Australia's first high-resolution remote sensing image of the Earth. UNSW Canberra Space Director Professor Russell Boyce said the capture of the image is an important step forward for Australia's sovereign space capabilities, with the same mission also successfully collecting and transmitting commercial aviation identification beacons to ground. "With these demonstrations, building on our previous demonstration of on-board ar ... read more
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