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China, UK firm launch satellite mission
By Cui Ning (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-11-09 00:20
China is actively taking part in international co-operation in earth
observation satellites, to study meteorology, natural resources, environment
surveillance and other civil air-to-surface research, sources from the Ministry
of Science and Technology said.
Chinese scientists and their counterparts in the Surrey Company of Britain
are jointly developing a satellite for meteorological studies.
The satellite, with a higher resolution than ordinary meteorological
satellites, is expected to be launched next May, said the ministry's official
Shao Liqin, at a news conference yesterday in Beijing.
Through satellite-based earth observation, Chinese scientists are also
working hard to study global climate change and water resource rationalization
and build a large database of new findings.
Their studies will focus on the Indian Ocean, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and
adjacent areas, the North Pole and the South Pole, to approach new findings for
climate change.
Studies into features such as atmosphere, water resources and oceans cannot
be carried out by nations alone. International co-operation is vital for
results, said vice-minister of science and technology Liu
Yanhua.
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