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China puts first Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite in Orbit

On 29 September 2012, Venezuela's first Remote Sensing Satellite "VRSS1" was launched into orbit from China.

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Thu, 04/10/2012 - 11:37
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China launched two Beidou satellites

China launched two more satellites for its Beidou (Compass) global navigation and positioning network on Wednesday, 19 September 2012.

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Mon, 24/09/2012 - 08:46
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Processed on Sep 24th 2012

China SatNav Conference calls for papers

The fourth China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2013) has launched a call for papers to be presented at the conference taking place on May 15–17, 2013 in Wuhan, China.

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Fri, 14/09/2012 - 08:00
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UN-SPIDER partners support coordination for earthquake in China

Multiple earthquakes, with the strongest two measuring 5.7 and 5.6 on the Richter scale, struck the mountainous rural regions of Yunnan and Guizhou, in the Yiliang and Weining counties in southwest

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Mon, 10/09/2012 - 11:08
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Earthquake in China

Processed on Sep 7th 2012
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Earthquake
Region: 
China
Occurance Date: 
07/09/2012
latitude: 
27.6026
longitude: 
104.189

Multiple earthquakes, with the strongest two measuring 5.7 and 5.6 on the Richter scale, struck the mountainous rural regions of Yunnan and Guizhou, in the Yiliang and Weining counties in southwest

Earthquake in China

UN-SPIDER Conference on Risk Assessment in Beijing open for applications

The United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Management "Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change" taking place on 7-9 November 2012

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Thu, 30/08/2012 - 15:07
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latitude: 
39.9042
longitude: 
116.407
Processed on Aug 30th 2012

Conference announcement: Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Change

Jointly with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, UN-SPIDER is organising the international conference "Risk Assessment in the Context of Global Climate Chang

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Mon, 23/07/2012 - 09:50
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Processed on Jul 23rd 2012

UN-SPIDER supports International Workshop on Drought

The workshop “Drought Monitoring, Assessing and Planning under Global Climate Change”, held from 4 to 5 June 2012, was hosted by Beijing Normal University in collaboration with the Nati

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Wed, 27/06/2012 - 10:12
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latitude: 
39.9714
longitude: 
116.326
Processed on Jun 27th 2012

International Charter activated for floods in China

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters was activated on 12 May 2012 by the China National Committee for Disaster Reduction for major floods in Gansu Province.

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Tue, 15/05/2012 - 07:58
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latitude: 
34.4381
longitude: 
104.037
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SOA gains control of China's oceanic surveying satellite

Control of China's oceanic surveying satellite Haiyang-2 was handed over Friday to the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), by its manufacturer and launcher China Aerospace Science and Technology Co

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Thu, 08/03/2012 - 11:37
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35.8617
longitude: 
104.195
Processed on Mar 8th 2012