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 by Staff Writers Taiyuan, China (XNA) Oct 13, 2022
China launched a new satellite for disaster reduction, emergency management, and environment monitoring from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province early Thursday. A Long March-2C rocket carrying the satellite S-SAR01 lifted off at 6:53 am (Beijing Time). The satellite has entered the preset orbit. Its primary users will be the Ministry of Emergency Management and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. By obtaining 5-meter resolution S-band radar image data, the satellite will support disaster prevention, reduction, relief, and environmental protection. It will also serve natural resources, water conservancy, agriculture, forestry, earthquakes, and other fields, said the China National Space Administration. Thursday's launch was the 443rd mission by the Long March rocket series. Source: Xinhua News Agency
Opening the eye of the storm Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 11, 2022 For the first time, high-energy muon particles created in the atmosphere have allowed researchers to explore the structures of storms in a way that traditional visualization techniques, such as satellite imaging, cannot. The detail offered by this new technique could aid researchers modeling storms and related weather effects. This could also lead to more accurate early warning systems. It's hard not to notice the number of stories in the news about heavy storms in different parts of the world, of ... read more
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