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Successful cooperation extends Dragon Programme
 
24 April 2008

Dragon 2 opening ceremony
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Mr Stefano Bruzzi, ESA's Head of EO Programme Planning & Coordination Service, and Mr Zhang Guocheng Director of National Remote Sensing Center of China, signing the protocol for the ESA/MOST Dragon 2 cooperation programme.

Credits: ESA-MOST
 
 
Mr Oosterlinck speaking at the symposium
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ESA’s Director for Legal Affairs and External Relations Mr Rene Oosterlinck addressing Dragon 2 Symposium participants at the opening ceremony in Beijing, China, on 21 April 2008.

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Dr Xiaohan's opening address
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Deputy Director General of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization of MOST Dr Liao Xiaohan during his opening address at the Dragon 2 Symposium in Beijing, China, on 21 April 2008.

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This animation shows the Poyang Lake Monthly Flood Dynamics using Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) and Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) data acquired between January 2004 and December 2006.

Credits: ESA - SERTIT
 
 
Group picture
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More than 300 leading European and Chinese scientists have gathered from 21 to 25 April 2008 in Beijing in the People’s Republic of China for the Dragon 1 final symposium and Dragon 2 Kick-Off symposium.

Credits: ESA-MOST
 
 
Dragon 1 results -- seismology
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The Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument aboard ESA's Envisat captures the Nima-Gaize earthquake in Tibet. This 70-day interval data was acquired from 23 November 2007 to 1 February 2008.

Credits: ESA, J. Sun, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration
 
 
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