Chinese satellites join relief efforts after Xinjiang quake
China has applied its Gaofen series satellites to help with relief following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) said this on Tuesday.
Satellites, including Gaofen-4 and Gaofen-1 families, were deployed to capture images of the quake-hit areas.
The agency said that the remote sensing images of the earthquake-hit areas would be instantly shared with the emergency departments for damage analysis.
It added that the CNSA would continue to mobilise civil satellites to support disaster prevention and relief efforts and provide spatial information support for disaster monitoring and decision-making.
Three people were killed and five others injured in the earthquake that jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture of Xinjiang at 2:09 a.m. Tuesday.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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