China Launches New Satellite for Ocean Environment

China released today, a new ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China.

According to China National Space Administration, the planned satellite network will be capable of carrying out 80 percent of the world's sea surface wind monitoring within six hours.

On other hand, onboard equipment enables the new satellite to provide information on the identification of vessels, and to receive, store and transmit buoy measurement data in China's offshore and other marine areas.

Also, it developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the HY-2C will form a network with the previous HY-2B and subsequent HY-2D to carry out high-precision maritime environment monitoring.

In contrast, Haiyang-2 program represents the second generation of ocean observation and monitorization satellites, with the program being approved by the China National Space Administration in February 2007, for measurement of ocean dynamic and environmental parameters in the microwave region permitting all-weather observations.

According to NASA, the design and development of the HY-2 series began in April 2007, with the program funded by the Chinese State Oceanic Administration. The satellites are operated by the National Satellite Ocean Application Service.

In addition, the requirements call for collecting data on marine wind setup (wind vector), marine surface height, and SST "Sea Surface Temperature" , along with aero-marine forecasts for the prevention and relief of disaster.

SpaceX company founded by high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched the first batch of 60 small satellites into low-Earth orbit, supporting Musk’s new Starlink internet service.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) on Thursday, a week after two back-to-back countdowns for the mission were briefly delayed.

The project is called Starlink, and SpaceX hopes hundreds more satellites will be added in the coming years, CNN reported.