China Launches Mapping Satellite
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China on Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveying and other scientific projects for several days and return to Earth, government media reported.
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The new facility will focus in part on geographical information systems and technologies for emerging markets.
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China will launch its first lunar probe this week in a key step toward building the basis for future space exploration, an official said Monday.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tanegashima Island, Japan, 11 September: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a rocket carrying an intelligence- gathering satellite from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday [11 September].
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The mapping service's images will be refreshed when a new, high-resolution satellite beams updates.
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Rising space power China provided a rare peek into its top-secret launch center Wednesday, capitalizing on its recent success in orbit to promote the military-funded project as a lure for foreign investment and a key to growing prosperity.
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China has officially launched its next generation Internet network CERNET2, a breakthrough in the country&#39;s Internet technology.
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Satellite observation and control networks in China and France yesterday successfully tracked the orbiting of a satellite launched by the French Government.
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China's burgeoning space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia and France, state media reported Monday.
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India&#39;s space agency said it successfully launched the nation&#39;s first satellite for educational services on Monday, which is expected to boost distance learning in a country with a huge rural population.
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Scientists map enormous impact craters hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet using satellite technology.
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China is planning to build a new satellite launch site &#151; the country's fourth &#151; to boost its burgeoning space program, state media reported Sunday.
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China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday as the Communist Party moved a step closer to fulfilling its ambitions of one day reaching the moon.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Beijing, 23 September: Chinese scientists will carry out a research expedition to the central area of China's largest uninhabited region in October.
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The first global positioning system satellite is launched; 23 more will follow, and then we will always know where we are. Compiled by Tony Long.
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Beijing - Chinese surveyors are about to fan out across the country&#39;s huge western part and risk their lives to create more detailed maps of the largely uncharted region, state media said Sunday.
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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.