We'll develop more satellites so as to form a joint earth observation system and a new-generation regional satellite navigating and positioning system.

China's space technology still lags behind the advanced nations and is increasingly not adapted to the rapidly growing demand of the country's modernization process.

What we're doing is fusing together images through the use of multiple satellites. Each satellite has its own view of the Earth, and we're piecing many of them together for a more complete picture.

Where human resource development is concerned, the CSIR and Alcatel have earmarked navigation, earth observation, environmental research and meteorology.

We are planning to launch nine satellites this year. The first one, a scientific experimental satellite, will blast off at the end of April.

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