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BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the highlights of China's major technology news from the past week:

MARS PROBE

China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 successfully carried out its first orbital correction Sunday morning, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

The probe conducted the orbital correction at 7 a.m. (Beijing Time) after its 3000N engine worked for 20 seconds, and continued to head for Mars. All the systems of the probe were in good condition.

The operation also tested the performance of the 3000N engine. The probe will undergo several orbital corrections in a more than six-month journey to Mars, said the CNSA source.

OCEAN OBSERVATION SATELLITES

Field calibration test of two ocean observation satellites has been completed in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The 35-day calibration test was led by the ministry's National Satellite Ocean Application Service and assisted by staff members from the China Academy of Space Technology.

REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE

China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:01 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time).

The satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land right confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation.

GEOMATICS INDUSTRY

China's geomatics industry's total output value reached 647.6 billion yuan (about 93.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019.

The data was included in a national geomatics industry development report compiled by the China Association for Geospatial Information Society and released on Tuesday. Enditem

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