China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (Credit: Capella Space)
U.S.-based smallsat technology delivers unprecedented 50 x 50cm SAR “Spot” imagery to power critical applications for Government, Defense & Intelligence, and Commercial Customers
SAN FRANCISCO, December 16, 2020 Today Capella Space released 50cm x 50cm ‘Spot’ imagery, delivering the highest resolution commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery on the market. Prior to Capella, the best resolution on the market was 1m x 25 cm with non-square pixels which created its own challenges.
These previous images were collected with limited bandwidth of 300 MHz where Capella imagery is collected with up to 600 MHz of bandwidth. In the midst of increasing global change, Capella Space is setting the standard for how large organizations extract key insights and make better decisions through Earth observation data. Capella Space’s spot imagery delivers the highest resolution, most usable all-American made SAR i
1 2020-12-15 16:45:32Global Times
Editor : Li Yan
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China s Chang e-5 lunar probe, which is carrying about 2 kg of precious lunar samples, is about to reenter the Earth s atmosphere and touch down at the preset landing site at Siziwang Banner of North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. All systems at the landing site are ready to deliver quality services to ensure the success of the last stage of the mission, according to landing site authorities on Tuesday.
The search team, a special squad deployed by the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, has conducted numerous night time drills, despite the challenges brought by the heavy snow and bitter cold in the region, Global Times learned from space authorities on Tuesday.
Chinese Long March 11 lofts GECAM mission
December 9, 2020
On Wednesday, China launched a double satellite mission intended for research in electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves. The launch took place from the Xichang Satellite Center, Sichuan province, at 20:15 UTC using a Long March-11 – Chang Zheng-11 – launch vehicle.
According to the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-Sky Monitor (GECAM) mission is composed of two small satellites, and it will focus on detecting electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves, high-energy radiation from fast radio bursts, various gamma-ray bursts, and magnetar flares.
The mission will help scientists unravel the mysteries of compact objects, such as neutron stars and black holes, as well as the merger of binary compact objects.