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When a Satellite Fails, Will Insurers Pay the Claim or Fund a Repair Mission?
Read more →: When a Satellite Fails, Will Insurers Pay the Claim or Fund a Repair Mission?In 1984, two communications satellites, Westar 6 and Palapa B2, were placed into incorrect orbits due to an…
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Hainan Could Become the Hub of China’s Commercial Space Future
Read more →: Hainan Could Become the Hub of China’s Commercial Space FutureThe global launch industry is entering a new phase, one defined less by whether rockets can reach orbit…
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What Does “Y” Mean in Chinese Rocket Designations?
Read more →: What Does “Y” Mean in Chinese Rocket Designations?Whenever China launches a rocket, its name often includes the Chinese character “遥” (Yao, Y). Examples include the…
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China’s Satellite Market: Where the Value Flows — Market Share, Core Advantages and Moats
Read more →: China’s Satellite Market: Where the Value Flows — Market Share, Core Advantages and MoatsAccording to publicly available information, six of the eight winning bidders for ground terminal contracts under the Spacesail…
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China Reports Largest Porphyry Copper-Gold Find in Middle-Lower Yangtze, Opening New Exploration Frontier
Read more →: China Reports Largest Porphyry Copper-Gold Find in Middle-Lower Yangtze, Opening New Exploration FrontierChina has reported a major copper-gold exploration breakthrough in Anhui province, identifying what researchers describe as the largest…
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Commercial Space: China’s Domestic Chips Are Winning This Space Race
Read more →: Commercial Space: China’s Domestic Chips Are Winning This Space RaceGround-based AI chips are a game built around Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem, and any challenger must contend with developer…
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Commercial Space: Where the Hidden Champions Are
Read more →: Commercial Space: Where the Hidden Champions AreWhat truly determines whether the commercial space industry can operate at scale is often found in the parts…
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How Low Can Satellites Fly? New Opportunities in VLEO and the Companies Already Moving In
Read more →: How Low Can Satellites Fly? New Opportunities in VLEO and the Companies Already Moving InVery low Earth orbit, or VLEO, is not a new type of orbital geometry. It is simply the…
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Star–Air–Ground–Borehole Exploration Technology Leads to New Breakthrough in Gangdese Mineral Prospecting
Read more →: Star–Air–Ground–Borehole Exploration Technology Leads to New Breakthrough in Gangdese Mineral ProspectingRecently, the China Aero Geophysical and Remote Sensing Center for Natural Resources’ Qinghai–Tibet Plateau airborne geophysical exploration team…
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Top ten frontier scientific issues in the field of remote sensing science and technology
Read more →: Top ten frontier scientific issues in the field of remote sensing science and technologyIn early July, Academician Zhang Bing and his co-authors published an article in the Journal of Remote Sensing,…
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How High and How Inclined Should a Satellite Fly? How Orbital Altitude and Inclination Are Determined
Read more →: How High and How Inclined Should a Satellite Fly? How Orbital Altitude and Inclination Are DeterminedWhy do some satellites skim relatively close to Earth and complete an orbit in just over 90 minutes,…
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Six Key Metrics for Assessing China’s Reusable Rockets
Read more →: Six Key Metrics for Assessing China’s Reusable RocketsChina’s reusable-rocket race has reached a turning point. With the Long March-10B completing an offshore net-capture recovery and…