CBERS-04 Satellite Ground System in South Africa was Delivered SuccessfullyPublishDate：2022-03-29
On December 2, 2015 (local time of South Africa), the “Agreement on Final Delivery of CBERS-04 Satellite Ground System in South Africa” was officially signed by Xu Wen, Director of China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application and Dr. Malinga, CEO of South Africa National Space Administration in the Presidential Palace of South Africa in Pretoria, in the presence of Xi Jinping, President of P.R. China and Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa. It marked that the CBERS-04 satellite ground system in South Africa developed by China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application was put into normal operation with the efforts of Chinese government, and its receiving range covers 13 countries and regions in the south of Africa, almost equal to 20 million kilometers.
The system will be responsible for real-time receiving, processing and distribution of CBERS-04 satellite data in the southern areas of Africa and providing data service for 13 countries and regions. The data can be widely applied to land resource management, analysis on crop growth, disaster monitoring, water resource management and urban construction, etc., consequently enabling the nations and people in the above areas to share the aerospace technology development achievements and contribute to the economic social development of the area and the improvement of people’s livelihood.
The success of CBERS-04 satellite ground system in South Africa once again represented the pragmatic cooperation in comprehensive strategic partnership between China and South Africa, expanded the high-tech cooperation field of both countries and established a new platform for application of aerospace science and technology to the economic construction and social development in the southern areas of Africa.
Figure: Director Xu Wen and Ma Malinga, CEO of South Africa National Space Administration signed the “Agreement on Final Delivery of CBERS-04 Satellite Ground System in South Africa”
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