30 September 2020
The first batch of pictures taken by China's best optical Earth-observation satellite for civil use was published on 29 September, becoming the clearest photos ever created by a Chinese civilian satellite. More than 20 sub-meter-resolution images taken by the High-Resolution Multi-Mode Imaging Satellite, the latest in China's Gaofen high-resolution Earth-observation satellite fleet, were made public by the China National Space Administration at a ceremony in Beijing, depicting places in the capital, Gansu province's Lanzhou and Jiayuguan, and the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze River.
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30 September 2020
China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has many applications. Soon, the space-based system will be applied to a new user - Asian elephants living in the country's southwestern province of Yunnan. In October, the animals will start wearing collars linked to Beidou services. The move, a joint effort by e-commerce giant Alibaba and Beijing-based private satellite producer Commsat, is intended to better protect the big mammals and their human neighbors, said Xie Tao, founder and CEO of Commsat.
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27 September 2020
China has issued a set of stamps to commemorate the successful launch of the country's first Mars Probe Tianwen 1. The commemorative stamp release ceremony was held on 26 September at the Wenchang Space Science Centre, in South China's Hainan Province, where Tianwen 1 was launched into space. There is a planned issuance of 7.8 million sets of the Tianwen 1 commemorative stamp, each with a face value of 1.2 yuan ($0.18).
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24 September 2020
Space-tracking ship Yuanwang 5 has departed from its port in east China's Jiangsu Province on 24 September for a maritime monitoring mission in the Pacific Ocean. This is the 3rd voyage of the ship this year. It will spend more than 100 days at sea and is scheduled to return in early 2021.
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