July 2014
View from Inmarsat: the search for MH370 and using satellites for safety
...with an active surveillance picture of their airspace, thereby enhancing safety in all FANS-capable airspace – in particular the oceanic environment that constitutes the real challenge for safety tracking of aircraft. Since FANS ADS-C provides active...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...task was to obtain atmospheric, cloud, land and ocean information at home and abroad, and to collect..., 2018 & 2020] is China’s first satellite for surveying ocean resources (ocean colour and sea surface temperature) and monitoring the environment. The...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
...land. For Bowen, this offers a more accurate representation of the relationship of Earth to space: “Rather than an expansive ocean, Earth orbit is like a coastal zone: what flies in orbit is within reach of Earth-based countermeasures and adaptations...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... a day, so geolocating a naval air group in the middle of the ocean is a difficult game of hide and seek. Jianbing 8 can only detect ... Moreover, the satellites have good coverage of the Pacific Ocean, India, China, North Korea and even Japan thanks...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...used to monitor the exploitation of fishery resources and illegal fisheries and can help in the conservation of endangered ocean resources. Another point raised by the discussion group was the implementation of policy initiatives in the form of a tax...
13 March 2015
ESA re-entry vehicle could pave way for reusable launcher
... for a precision parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 102 minutes later. The mission passed a launch...system and the space shuttle’s drag chutes. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean is expected around 9:42 a.m. EST (1442 GMT) if the ...
