Research News

China Unveils First Images Taken by Satellite SDGSAT-1

A group of images taken by Chinese satellite SDGSAT-1 to help meet UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were unveiled in Beijing on Monday.

Dec 20, 2021

Airborne Remote Sensing Experiment Completed on Home-grown MA60 Aircraft

With the landing of a MA60 aircraft, a comprehensive remote sensing experiment wrapped up in Rizhao, Shandong Province on November 30, 2021.

Dec 10, 2021

GF-3 02 Satellite Launched to Boost Land-Sea Observations

GF-3 02 satellite is equipped with multi-polarized C-band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) which was developed by a research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Nov 25, 2021

In-orbit Test Conducted on Polarization Crossfire Sensor Suite onboard China's Hyperspectral Earth Observation Satellite

An in-orbit test of the polarization crossfire (PCF) sensor suite onboard GaoFen-5 (02), a hyperspectral Earth Observation satellite launched on September 7, 2021, was carried out by a joint research team led by Prof. LI Zhengqiang from the National Engineering Laboratory for Satellite Remote Sensing Applications under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Nov 15, 2021

New Evidence, Quantitative Methods, and Contributing Factors of Industrial Heat Island Effects

A research team led by Prof. MENG Qingyan from the National Engineering Laboratory for Satellite Remote Sensing Applications under the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has published a paper on the Environmental Pollution on the urban intra-heat island effects. The paper tries to provide evidence, quantitative methods, and contributing factors from a spatiotemporal analysis of top steel plants in China? Prof. MENG Qingyan and doctoral candidate HU Die are the co-first authors.

Nov 17, 2021