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Report on Earth Observation Data Resources of China (2019) Released

The Report on Earth Observation Data Resources of China (2019) jointly made by the National Earth Observation Data Center (NODA) and the ChinaGEOSS DSNet, is officially released on January 21, 2021.

Feb 02, 2021

AIR-led Project Funded by ESA-MOST Dragon 5 Programme

The project “Cross-calibration between high-resolution optical satellites and the benchmark satellite based on RadCalNet” was granted by the fifth phase of the Dragon Programmme (or Dragon 5) which was jointly launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) together with the National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC) under China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

Feb 02, 2021

AIR Conducts Flight Tests on Geological Disaster Monitoring along Sichuan-Tibet Railway

A three-member team from the CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing Information Technology under AIR, including Tengger, ZHOU Zeng-Guang and CHENG Sai carried out flight tests over Changdu region, Tibet of China from October 23 to November 2 to test a system titled "miniaturized high steady state UAV active imaging system for ground disaster monitoring".

Jan 12, 2021

Near Space Aerostat Experimental Station Starts Construction

The near space aerostat experimental station,a national science and education infrastructure has started construction in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on November 14 to promote the development of the near space aerostat technology of China, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Dec 03, 2020

China Releases Updated Global Land Cover Dataset

BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have released an updated global land cover dataset for 2020 with a resolution of 30 meters, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Dec 02, 2020