On June 18th, the first group of satellite stations，build by Wuhan Optics Valley Beidou Geo-Spatial Information Industry Co., LTD and based on Wuhan University’s whole set of technology was officially put into practice in Thailand, marking a significant step of China’s Beidou System into the ASEAN market.
According to WHU’s Professor Li Deren, the only academician of both Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering in Hubei province, such an accomplishment means that the precision, sensitivity and speed of Beidou's positioning and navigating services can be employed in a wide range of fields such as urban construction, environmental protection, traffic monitoring etc. "The Beidou navigation satellite system is expected to cover the globe with a constellation of 32 satellites by around 2020," said Li, adding that cooperation with Myanmar and Malaysia as well as other ASEAN countries and regions will also be enhanced in next two years.
According to the director of Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, there has been a series of profound cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technology of Thailand and Wuhan University, and impressive accomplishments have been made in relevant fields. Beido infrastructure construction and its applications in key areas have been included in Thailand government’s Economic Development Plan.
(Rewritten by Duanling Fu, edited by Sijia Hu)
