• 欧洲航天局准备发射冰层探测卫星

    10-01-15 In what might seem rather appropriate weather conditions, the CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite has completed its journey to the Baikonur拜科努尔 launch site in Kazakhstan哈萨克斯坦 , where it will be prepared for launch on 25 February. The satelli...

  • 海地地震首张卫星地图发布

    10-01-15 A major 7.0- magnitude震级,数量 earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on 12 January, causing major casualties and damage. The quake was followed by several aftershocks余震 with magnitudes over 5.0. Such a powerful earthquake can m...

  • 欧盟启动伽利略卫星导航建设

    10-01-08 A German/UK consortium has been asked to supply the first operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo satellite-navigation system. 一家德英合资公司获准为欧盟伽利略卫星导航系统提供第一批运行航天器。 Sat-nav will become ubiquitous in mobile phones OHB...

  • 天体图为GPS指引方向

    09-10-30 Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator(导航器). GPS satellites send signals to a receiver in your GPS navigator, which calculates your position based on the location of...

  • 欧盟探测土壤湿度和海水盐度的卫星即将发射

    09-10-30 A new European Earth observation satellite will be launched in the early hours of Monday morning (2 November 2009) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS - pronounced SMOSS)...

  • Satellite to begin gravity quest 欧盟卫星开始勘测地球重力图

    09-09-23 A European spacecraft will begin its quest this week to make the most detailed global map of the Earth's gravity field. 一艘欧洲宇宙飞船本周将要绘制详细的全球重力场图片。 Goce can fly much lower than was expected The arrow-shaped Goce satellite can...

  • 'Ice explorer' ready for launch 欧盟“冰层探索”计划将启动

    09-09-15 The European space agency's mission to assess the state of the world's ice cover is likely to launch in February. 欧洲航天局评定世界冰覆盖量的任务将要于明年二月实施。 Scientists hope data from Cryosat will show where Arctic ice is melting fastest Th...

  • S Korean launch 'partial success' 韩国卫星发射“部分性胜利”

    09-08-26 South Korea has launched its first space rocket, though a scientific satellite it was carrying failed to enter into its proper orbit. 韩国发射第一颗宇宙火箭,搭载的一颗科技卫星没有进入预定轨道。 South Korean officials described the launch as a parti...

  • 'Crisis satellite' returns images “灾害检测卫星”发回第一批

    09-08-11 Britain's latest imaging satellite has returned its first pictures. 英国近期发射的成像卫星发回了第一批照片。 This early image from the UK-DMC2 satellite shows Dallas-Fort Worth airport UK-DMC2 was launched with a twin spacecraft, Deimos-1, on a Dnep...

  • New 'crisis satellites' launched 新“自然灾害预警卫星”发射

    09-07-30 A rocket has been launched from Kazakhstan carrying two British-built satellites which will help monitor natural disasters. 哈萨克斯坦发射一颗装有两台英国制造卫星的火箭,这将用于帮助检测自然灾害。 The satellites were launched atop a converted Soviet...