Category Archives: Satellites

China Launched Oean Observation Satellite Haiyang-2

China launched an ocean observation satellite, Haiyang-2, from the Taiyuan launching base in Shanxi province, north-eastern China. The remote sensing payload flew into orbit on top of a Long March 4B rocket, which placed the satellite in a 565-mile-high orbit … Continue reading

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China to launch sun-synchronous civil survey satellite ZY 3

China will put into space a high-definition civil survey satellite, the first of its kind in the country, at the end of this year, said an official of the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation.The satellite, ZY 3, will … Continue reading

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satellite-based crop estimation in India

For the first time, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma), along with the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF), is working to gather data on sugarcane acreage and yield with the help of satellite mapping. The process will start … Continue reading

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Cleveland volcano in Alaska Could Erupt at Any Moment

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued an eruption advisory for the 5,676 foot-tall Cleveland Volcano, located on the uninhabited island of Chuginadak in the Aleutian chain about 940 miles southwest of Anchorage. The advisory was based on “thermal anomalies” detected … Continue reading

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