Newly-launched BeiDou satellite enters orbit
26 April 2019
A newly-launched satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) entered its preset orbit on 26 April, according to Xi'an Satellite Control Center.
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China "launches" first detectors aiming to decode cosmic ray origins
26 April 2019
China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), a cosmic ray detection facility located in the high mountains of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, has recently begun scientific observation of very high energy cosmic rays as it "launched" its first set of detectors
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission concludes on hearing
26 April 2019
SpaceNews reports about the hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, stating that "while the professional consensus is that China is a rising space power with a growing arsenal of anti-satellite weapons, a future war in space is not a foregone conclusion."
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Satellite remote sensing used in water protection
25 April 2019
The drinking water source enforcement app integrates satellite remote sensing images, water environment problems spotted by satellite, water protection zone boundary's spatial data, water environment problems found by provinces and cities themselves and law enforcement data at the scene, and sends environmental problem lists to law enforcers at the scene to guide their work.
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