According to local media, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) has established a satellite data centre in Wenchang, in the country’s Hainan province, in order to improve international space collaboration. The satellite data centre, according to Sputnik News Agency, would act as “an significant hub for international interchange and collaboration in the domain of satellite data and its use,” according to Wenchang authorities.Five BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, signed an agreement on cooperation in exchanging remote sensing satellite data on August 18, 2021. As the Russian state space agency Roscosmos stressed earlier, this agreement would...