October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
...in response to an emergency. Tianhui 1 satellites are part of the Ziyuan programme which includes several civilian and military remote sensing programmes. Four satellites of this type have been launched [2010 - 2021] to 500 km SSO. The satellites are...
23 August 2021
BRICS to set up remote-sensing satellite network
... BRICS countries met last week via video link and signed the Agreement on the Cooperation on BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation, according to a statement published on Wednesday night by the China National Space Administration. The agreement...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
... items taken by a high resolution camera over the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. European Space Agency studies Remote sensing of marine litter is in its infancy and there is no doubt it represents a big technological challenge Under the General Studies...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... not it will harden into a legal principle is unclear. It does serve as an example, though, of how states could use remote sensing technologies to engage with human populations to ensure that minimum levels of human security are met. Launched in June...
23 March 2018
ESA selects ARIEL to look closely at exoplanets
... candidates for the number one spot, the European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Atmospheric Remote‐sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large‐survey mission, otherwise known as ARIEL, as its next medium-class science mission. Due...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... but the introduction of support policies helped commercial players. Between 2019 and 2021, the annual commercial remote sensing satellites that were launched were 21, 13 and 36 respectively, while the number by the end of 2022 is expected to be more...
