China's overseas remote sensing satellite station starts operation
By Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-16 07:45
China’s first overseas land satellite receiving ground station was put into trial operation on Thursday.
The China Remote Sensing Satellite North Polar Ground Station is above the Arctic circle, half an hour's drive from Kiruna, a major mining town in Sweden.
An inauguration was held in the Esrange Space Center, where the station is located, on Thursday.
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