[FPSPACE] China plans lots of remote sensing satellites

Tue Nov 16 12:10:24 EST 2004

Chinese president is in Brasilia now and he signed new agrement about
building new CBERS. See:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/st/2004-11/16/content_2223202.htm
"State president Hu Jintao inspects the Chinese and Pakistani astronautics
aviation cooperation project

Crude translation from Chinese (by Babelfish):
State president Hu Jintao on 14th evening leaves Rio de Janeiro to arrive at
the Brazilian important industry and commerce center and South America
biggest city Sao Paulo. On 15th the morning, Hu Jintao visited has been
located the Sao Paulo suburb the Brazilian country space research institute
and the Brazil aviation industry company, highly appraised the achievement
which the Chinese and Brasilian astronautics, the aviation cooperation
obtained. When --- the Hu Jintao and the party arrive at the Brazilian
country space research institute, has received Brazilian science and
technology minister ridge Persia, national space research institute chief
??? and national astronautics bureau Bureau Chief Gao Dengqi and so on the
warm welcome. --- The Brazilian country space research institute
subordinates to the Brazilian science and technology department, was
established in 1961, the headquarters is located in the Sao Paulo city,
mainly was engaged in the space science, the spatial technology and the
spatial application research and the development. In July, 1988, China and
Brazil signed jointly develops the earth resource satellite the agreement,
this courtyard for Palestine's concrete cooperation unit. China and Pakistan
cooperate the development earth resource satellite 01, 02 already separately
and in 2003 lifts off in 1999 in the Chinese Taiyuan launching center
success launch. President Hu Jintao this visit, both sides signed "Have
developed the Earth resource satellite 02B Star about Cooperation Supplement
Protocol" and "China and Brasilia Earth resource satellite Application
system Cooperation Supplement Protocol", for marched the international
resources satellite datum market to create the advantage together. --- In
the satellite general equipment department test center reception hall, Hu
Jintao attended the welcome ceremony. He said under, joint effort in both
countries technical personnel, China and Brasilia jointly developed the
earth resource satellite project to yield the result which the common people
focused attention on, this in which embodied both countries technical
personnel's wisdom and the sweat, was the Chinese and Brasilian friendly
symbol, simultaneously also was south south the high-tech cooperation
model. --- Hu Jintao said, this visit, China and Brasilia have signed about
the 02B satellite and the application system cooperation two agreements,
this symbolized China and Brasilia also have a broader prospect in the
spatial technology domain cooperation. Believed both countries technical
personnel certainly can continue to try hard, the sincere cooperation, does
well this project, makes the new contribution for the human exploration and
peace using the outer space enterprise. --- Brazilian science and technology
minister ridge Persia indicated that, the China and Brasilia earth resource
satellite project has the vital significance to Brazil, took measures
against natural disasters domain and so on disaster reduction in Brazil,
agricultural, urban planning, protection amazon forest has displayed the
positive role. He said that, "This project is a model, had demonstrated to
the world two developing nations the achievement which obtain in the high
tech front cooperation." --- Afterwards, Hu Jintao in Brazilian science and
technology minister ridge Persia and research institute chiefs ??? under the
accompaniment, watched introduced the research institute and China and
Pakistan developed the cooperation situation the video recording. In the
visit satellite general equipment department test center process, Hu Jintao
unceasingly to the Palestine accompaniment personnel inquired both sides
cooperate the satellite movement situation as well as the new satellite
cooperation project progress situation. --- Leaves the satellite general
equipment department test center, Hu Jintao arrives in nearby research
institute's solar clock sculpture, has planted a bellflower tree in there.
This is one of country trees which the Brazilian people extremely likes,
will be symbolizing the Chinese and Brasilian people's friendship and the
Chinese and Brasilian science and technology cooperation glorious
future. --- Afterwards, Hu Jintao visited the Brazil biggest aviation
industry manufacture enterprise Brazil aviation industry company. This
company is in the world the fourth big commercial aircraft manufacture
enterprise, also is in the world one of branch passenger plane main
producers. In 2002, this company with joint capital and so on Chinese Harbin
airplane industry group limited company sets up Harbin An Bowei the airplane
industry limited company, this is Chinese first pools capital the form to
carry on the entire machine cooperation with the overseas civil aircraft
industrial enterprise. --- On attempts: On November 15, president of China
Hu Jintao visited has been located the Sao Paulo suburb the Brazilian
country space research institute and the Brazil aviation industry company,
highly appraised the achievement which the Chinese and Brasilian
astronautics, the aviation cooperation obtained. When the Hu Jintao and the
party arrive at the Brazilian country space research institute, receives
Brazilian science and technology minister ridge Persia, national space
research institute chiefs ??? and national astronautics bureau Bureau Chief
Gao Dengqi and so on the warm welcome. This is Hu Jintao in the Brazilian
country space research institute's satellite general equipment department
test center visit. (Wu Qimin, Zhang Weizhong)"

(Some country names are in error due to the homonymity of Chinese
characters).
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Thomson" <thomsona at flash.net>
To: <fpspace at friends-partners.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 4:12 PM
Subject: [FPSPACE] China plans lots of remote sensing satellites

> This seems... ambitious.  Anyone have additional information about it?
>
>  China Plans to Have Over 100 Eyes in the Sky by 2020
>  Tue Nov 16, 2004 01:52 AM ET
>  [EXCERPT]
>
> BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to launch more than 100 satellites before
> 2020 to watch every corner of the country, state-run China Central
> Television quoted a government official as saying Tuesday.
>
> A "large surveying network" would be set up to monitor water reserves,
> forests, farmland, city construction and "various activities of society,"
a
> government official said without elaborating.
>
> "The aim is that, at any time and any place, we can obtain necessary data
on
> any event through watching the Earth from space," said Shao Liqin, an
> official with the Ministry of Science and Technology.
>
> (snip)
>
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