China will launch its first satellite remote sensing for commercial purposes, By October , with the aim of taking photographs and videos. The project was developed by the Department of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the city of northeast China Changchun , capital of Jilin Province, which is named after the first remote sensing satellite China.
Engineers Chinese announced Tuesday that the next October, will launch the first satellite of the country that offer remote sensing services for commercial, equivalent purposes as those offered through tools as well known as Google Maps or Google Earth.
The Jilin-1 satellite put into orbit two devices for recording video, one for taking pictures and fourth to test new space technologies highlighted Xuan Ming , President of the company responsible for launching, Guang Chang Satellite Technology to the official Xinhua news agency.
The project was developed by the Department of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the city of northeast China Changchun , capital of Jilin Province, which is named after the first remote sensing satellite China .
Xuan said the satellite ."Will focus on sending photos to clients, and help in tasks such as disaster prevention, with assistance on crops or search for resources "
China, which approach consgiguió USA and Russia in fields of space technology such as sending manned missions and lunar missions, also develops an intense program using satellites, whose clients include governments in Asia, Africa or Latin America. It is also developing its own version of GPS, the American system of geolocation, through its satellites Beidou ( Compass ).
Indians Releases
Entretantom India announced that nine American satellites launched between 2015 and 2016, according to a senior official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO, for its acronym in English) said Wednesday.
"ISRO going to pitch nine nano and micro United States between this year and next from the spaceport of Sriharikota located in the south of the country" , He said on condition of anonymity .
According to the same source, SL Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of ISRO, has signed agreements to launch satellites with USA.
To date, India has successfully launched 45 foreign satellites into space, from nearly 20 countries.
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