Zhangheng 1-02 Satellite Launch (June 14, 2025)
Launch Site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China.
Purpose: Enhance China’s natural disaster monitoring by studying Earth’s electromagnetic fields, crustal activities, and ionosphere/neutral atmosphere to predict earthquakes, extreme weather, and other hazards.
Key Features & Upgrades: Improved Precision: Upgraded from Zhangheng 1-01, it includes a new ionospheric optical instrument with 10x higher accuracy in measuring ionospheric/neutral atmosphere parameters.
Payloads: 9 instruments, including a Sino-Italian Electric Field Detector and an Italian High-Energy Particle Detector.
Operational Role: First operational satellite under China’s civil space infrastructure plan for Earth’s physical field exploration.
Lifespan: 6 years (designed for long-term monitoring).
Significance: Supports disaster prevention (e.g., earthquakes, storms) via advanced electromagnetic and atmospheric data, strengthens international collaboration (Italy), and advances China’s space-based Earth observation. https://www.facebook.com/jeff.mah.5/posts/pfbid0hb4Nk8nhC3D4NakiB1HfGqKLc1jroz4UMCzBiSrWDoJcWoVCnp44X8WjxgWR4A6Vl?__cft__[0]=AZV8AxrC8mhUeq5nG3-acQ-PYF9u2_S9y0S7HB1KoaKdRVkmYACv0-xsDk66hTT_6WdtY18Dtlqe00UMKji806xZBDz59nzW5-yICA0-vRWA3saJkLJBdSaWvWiPHJrAusHf0xCNXc3FF03wI70ZqEt4&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
