Technicians working on the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03 satellites pose for a photo at a Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. workshop in northeast China's Jilin Province, on 3 August 2022.
Technicians working on the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03 satellites pose for a photo at a Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. workshop in northeast China's Jilin Province, on 3 August 2022. © Xu Chang/Xinhua via AFP
On the eve of the 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, an analysis of cooperation in space and Earth observation suggests that the interests of the various countries of the bloc are still awkward to reconcile. China, however, is maintaining its dominant position. [...]
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