Satellite ground stations provide key link in stable data flow

During a business trip to Beijing, Tang Mengyue talks with his colleagues on the phone in Lijiang, Yunnan province, about how to address a sudden power outage at the satellite ground station.

As the head of the Lijiang Satellite Ground Station at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Innovation Research Institute, Tang's primary responsibility is to ensure the equipment runs smoothly.

"The equipment is backed up by an uninterruptable power supply, so a power outage doesn't happen unless there is a short circuit, leakage or overload. However, after investigating over the past few days, we didn't find any of these issues," Tang said.