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China Earth Observation Systems

The PRC has been actively pursuing Earth observation space systems for more than twenty years. Two models of LEO recoverable Earth observation satellites are in use and a sun-synchronous meteorological satellite system has been tested.

Feng Yun 1 - FY-1
Feng Yun 2 - FY-2
Feng Yun 3 - FY-3

Fanhui Shi Weixing - FSW

Haiyang-1 - HY-1

Zi Yuan / CBERS (China-Brazil)
Zi Yuan 2 - ZY-2

Sources and Resources

• CMA - China Meteorological Adminstration
• CMA - National Satellite Meteorological Center
• CHINA'S FARMLAND LOSS RINGS ALARM -- SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL A SERIOUS PROBLEM A report from U.S. Embassy Beijing June 1997
• PRC Landsat Serves Agriculture And Land Use Planners A November 1997 Report from U.S. Embassy Beijing
• Ocean Remote Sensing in China: A Status Report, circa Mid-1997 Office of Naval Research, February 1998
• Report on the First China-US Marine Remote Sensing Conference (CUMRSC '97), and associated site visits to remote sensing facilities in Beijing, China Hassan B. Ali ONR Ocean Science and Engineering Newsletter # 6 (October 1997)

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