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Successful Launch Does Not Mean Delivery Is Complete: Key Stages of In-Orbit Satellite Delivery
Read more →: Successful Launch Does Not Mean Delivery Is Complete: Key Stages of In-Orbit Satellite DeliveryOn September 13, during the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), Beijing Kaiyun United Information…
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SpaceSail, China SatNet and Starlink: Why Satellite Internet Constellations Need So Many Satellites
Read more →: SpaceSail, China SatNet and Starlink: Why Satellite Internet Constellations Need So Many SatellitesOn the morning of September 16, 2026, the Gravity-1 Y3 rocket lifted off from waters east of Shanghai…
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Pinglu Canal Officially Opens to Shipping: Satellite Images Capture China’s Project of the Century
Read more →: Pinglu Canal Officially Opens to Shipping: Satellite Images Capture China’s Project of the CenturyChina’s 134.2-kilometer Pinglu Canal officially opened to navigation on September 16, 2026, creating a direct waterway between the…
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China’s Private Rocket Sector Breaks Into the Satellite Internet Constellation Launch Market
Read more →: China’s Private Rocket Sector Breaks Into the Satellite Internet Constellation Launch MarketAt 2:26 p.m. on September 15, 2026, the ZhuQue-2E Y7 launch vehicle lifted off from the Dongfeng Commercial…
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From Snow and Ice Retreat in 2010 to an Ice Avalanche in 2016 and Crack Coalescence Two Days Before the Disaster: How Satellites Reconstructed a Decade of Progressive Rock-Slope Failure
Read more →: From Snow and Ice Retreat in 2010 to an Ice Avalanche in 2016 and Crack Coalescence Two Days Before the Disaster: How Satellites Reconstructed a Decade of Progressive Rock-Slope FailureThe Chamoli slope did not suddenly fail on 7 February: Satellite data reveal a decade of progressive deterioration…
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How Do Engineers Monitor the In-Orbit Status of Satellite Equipment Through Telemetry—and Send Telecommands to Control a Satellite?
Read more →: How Do Engineers Monitor the In-Orbit Status of Satellite Equipment Through Telemetry—and Send Telecommands to Control a Satellite?A satellite may have flown far beyond visual range, yet subsystem engineers can still see on their screens…
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How Do Rockets Find Their Way Home? Three Mainstream Recovery Methods Explained
Read more →: How Do Rockets Find Their Way Home? Three Mainstream Recovery Methods ExplainedOn August 19, the Zhuque-3 Y2 launch vehicle lifted off from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone.…
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Xiopm SPACE’s Qin Jing: What Is the Real Commercial Value of Space-Based Computing?
Read more →: Xiopm SPACE’s Qin Jing: What Is the Real Commercial Value of Space-Based Computing?In 2026, space-based computing emerged as a major new direction for the commercial space industry. What problems is…
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BeiDou Technology Helps Overcome the “Information Islands” Isolating Small Hydropower Plants in Southwestern China
Read more →: BeiDou Technology Helps Overcome the “Information Islands” Isolating Small Hydropower Plants in Southwestern ChinaA research team from China Southern Power Grid’s Guizhou Electric Power Research Institute has integrated BeiDou high-precision positioning…
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A Decade of Sentinel-1 Scanning the Globe: How Much Flooding Have We Been Missing?
Read more →: A Decade of Sentinel-1 Scanning the Globe: How Much Flooding Have We Been Missing?Key takeaway: Several global flood datasets already exist, but their long-term records rely primarily on optical remote sensing…