BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China has received the first batch of data from its newly launched land observation satellite, scientists in charge of the spacecraft said Tuesday.

On March 5, the China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station successfully received the first data transmitted from the newly launched land observation satellite L-SAR 01B, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences.

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have updated the most widely used chronology model to provide more accurate time scales for lunar and planetary research.

Chinese scientists have made an important new finding that is expected to further advance studies of the moon and planets inside the solar system.Researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, jointly run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Normal University, recently upgraded a lunar chronology model by measuring and analyzing samples brought back from the moon by China's Chang'e 5 mission.

BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday.

On January 25, the “Volunteer Rapid Disaster Monitoring and Mapping (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcanic Eruption)”, which was jointly developed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and New Zealand Tonkin + Taylor, was recommended to Tonga government through the academic channel. The platform has been handed over the Tonga government departments for use on the same day, according to Tongan Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni in a thank-you email.