China Plans Civilian Mapping Satellite Launch Next Year

CHINESE MAPPING: China will launch its first high-resolution, stereoscopic, civilian mapping satellite in the second half of 2011 while working on a follow-on series. A Long March 4B rocket will carry the ZY-3 satellite into orbit from the Taiyuan launch center. The State Bureau of Surveying and...

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