DefenceTalkWith demand for Earth imagery increasing, manufacturers are expected to produce more than 200 remote sensing satellites over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International. The company’s new study “The Market for Civil & Commercial Remote Sensing Satellites” reports that during the 2015-2024 forecast period, the value of production will be an estimated $27.2 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/remote-sensing-satellite-market-reaching-new-heights-63499/

DefenceTalkIndia will, for the first time, join hands with China to develop remote sensing satellites. Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) chairman K Radhakrishnan told TOI that an agreement in this regard was signed two days ago. Right from the initial days of its space program in the 1960s, India had collaborated with the US, USSR […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-develop-remote-sensing-satellites-with-china-60626/

DefenceTalkChina on Saturday successfully launched a Long March 4C carrier rocket with the Yaogan XX satellite, Xinhua news agency reported. The carrier lifted off at 1:45 p.m. local time (05:45 GMT) from the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s northwestern Gobi desert. The satellite is expected “to conduct scientific experiments, carry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-sends-remote-sensing-satellite-into-orbit-60361/

DefenceTalkA new Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) set a new record for the country’s remote sensing drones by flying for more than 30 hours consecutively, the UAV’s developer, the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM), announced on Wednesday. The previous record time was 16 hours. Coupled with China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System, the UAV […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-remote-sensing-drone-sets-30-hour-flying-record-60153/