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SZ-MADE POLAR OBSERVATION SATELLITE LAUNCHED INTO ORBIT
    2019-09-13  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

CHINA sent its first polar observation satellite, which was made in Shenzhen, into space Thursday to strengthen the nation’s polar research capability.


The BNU-1, also known as Ice Pathfinder, was launched atop a Long March 4B carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China’s Shanxi Province at 11:26 a.m. with an optical remote-sensing satellite and a micro experimental satellite, according to China Great Wall Industry Corp., the satellites’ launch service contractor.


The mission marked the 310th launch of China’s Long March carrier rocket series.


Developed and constructed by Aerospace Dongfanghong Development in Shenzhen, the BNU-1 weighs 16 kilograms and carries three experimental payloads — a multispectral camera, a high-resolution visible-light camera and an automatic identification system receiver, a device for ship identification.


The satellite is tasked with observing and monitoring climate and environment in the Antarctic and Arctic. It is expected to work in a sun-synchronous orbit more than 730 km above Earth for up to two years, the China Academy of Space Technology, parent of Aerospace Dongfanghong Development, said in a statement.


The BNU-1’s service will enable China to put an end to its heavy reliance on Western companies’ satellites in terms of images and data of polar regions, extensively bolstering the nation’s polar and global environmental research, the academy said.


It noted that the satellite can track ice movement along sailing routes and combine the data with passing ships’ information received via the mounted automatic identification system receiver to analyze collision hazards and then autonomously prepare navigation routes.


Shenzhen has developed into a research, development and manufacturing base for micro satellites and components of satellite navigation devices.


According to local Chinese media reports, the output value of the aerospace industry in Shenzhen exceeded 80 billion yuan (US$11.4 billion) in 2016, up 17 percent compared with the previous year.


The added value of the city’s aerospace industry was 14.6 billion yuan in 2018, with a year-on-year growth of 30.5 percent.


(China Daily)

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