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Article: Surrey Satellite Turns Over Beijing-1 Satellite.
- Article from:
- Satellite Today
- Article date:
- July 6, 2006
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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. delivered the Beijing-1 satellite to the Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Co. Ltd., the British satellite manufacturer announced June 30.
The Earth observation microsatellite can collect black-and-white imagery with a ground resolution of 4 meters and color imagery with a resolution of 32 meters. The data will be used for agriculture, water resources, environment and disaster monitoring project throughout China.
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