China to launch high resolution mapping satellite

China plans to launch its first high resolution, stereoscopic mapping satellite during the second half of 2011. China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping said the ZY-3 will be sent into space by the Long March-4B carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China. The satellite is expected to "provide steady and reliable data sources for surveying and mapping on the scale of 1:50,000," official Xinhua news agency reported. More

(Source: Economic Times - Jul 31)