Thailand's first auction of four satellite orbital slot packages slated for July 24 is expected to be less appealing to potential bidders despite the telecom regulator's efforts to lower starting bids for some packages and ease bidding conditions.
In Swedenâs Far North, a Space Complex Takes Shape
The government is turning an old research base above the Arctic Circle into a state-of-the-art satellite launching center. The reindeer will not be happy.
The Esrange Space Center, which shares a landing zone that is more than 2,000 square miles, will be a testing ground for Europeâs first reusable vertical rocket in 2022.Credit.Newsha Tavakolian for The New York Times
May 23, 2021, 6:00 a.m. ET
KIRUNA, Sweden â The path to the reindeer herderâs spring home took him across four frozen lakes and countless snowy hilltops. Arriving to a light dusting of snow, the herder, Aslak Allas, switched off his snowmobile, and the overwhelming silence of Swedenâs Arctic settled in.
China launches new satellite to monitor ocean environment
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May 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: China sent a new ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Wednesday.
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) satellite blasted off at 12:03 p.m. Beijing Time, international media reported.
The HY-2D will form a constellation with the HY-2B and HY-2C satellites to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system of high frequency of medium and large scale.
The constellation will support the country’s early warning and prediction of marine disasters, its sustainable development and utilisation of ocean resources, its effective response to global climate change as well as ocean research.