According to information from the National Space Administration of China, a relay satellite for the upcoming Chang'e 6 lunar mission and other lunar exploration programs is scheduled to launch soon. The combination of the Queqiao 2 relay satellite and the Long March 8 launch vehicle was delivered to the launch...
On Saturday morning, China successfully launched the Smart Dragon 3 (Jielong 3) rocket off the coast of Yangjiang in Guangdong province. This third launch of Smart Dragon 3 from the South China Sea attracted attention because it was the first time a foreign satellite was launched on this rocket. A...
China continues to expand its horizons in the space industry. In a fresh announcement, the Chinese company Orienspace announced the launch of its most powerful solid-fuel rocket called Gravity-1. The new rocket has impressive characteristics. Gravity-1 rocket lifts off, Haiyang, Shandong Province, East China, January 11, 2024. Source: CFPGravity-1 is...
Chinese researchers have developed a numerical model to simulate the atmosphere of Mars to support the country’s plans to collect soil samples from the planet. The model accurately reproduces the cycles of the Martian atmosphere and will be used to simulate meteorological conditions during spacecraft landings. This will allow scientists...
A fiber optic line has begun operating in China, providing data transfer speeds of up to 1.2 terabits per second. This is more than 10 times faster than most conventional Internet backbone networks, which operate at speeds of about 100 gigabits per second. A speed of 1.2 terabits per second...
China plans to build a three-layer communications, navigation and remote sensing network to facilitate deep space operations. The satellite cluster will consist of spacecraft located in the vicinity of the Moon and Lagrange points. This will provide communications to spacecraft on the Moon and astronauts. Xi Xiangyu of the Space...
The Xuntian telescope has become the most important scientific project since the launch of our country’s space station China is preparing a major project that will not only expand the nation’s astronomy research program but also increase the use of the country’s space station. The space telescope is called Xuntian,...
The spacecraft, weighing about 8,200 kg, will be launched on a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the coast of China. The lander will descend into the southern part of Apollo Crater into the South Pole–Aitken basin, a giant ancient impact crater that may provide...
According to the South China Morning Post, China is exploring new possibilities for producing chips within the country. And one of these is an advanced lithograph operating on a particle accelerator. A team from Tsinghua University is already in active negotiations with the authorities of Xiongang New District in northern...
Tianzhou-5 separated from the orbital station on Monday at 4:46 pm local time and went into independent flight after completing all its tasks. Launched in November 2022, the ship carried supplies for the Shenzhou-15 mission on the Chinese space station, as well as equipment for scientific research. The Tianzhou-5 cargo...
“This also applies to changes in culture and changes in technology so that we can gain a military advantage faster,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said September 6 at the annual DefenseNews conference. Hicks discussed the US Department of Defense’s plan to deploy thousands of autonomous systems in all...
On September 7 at 2:14 p.m. ET (6:14 p.m. GMT or 2:14 a.m. Beijing time), a Long March 4C rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Space Center in northwest China. On board was the Yaogan 33(03) satellite, the third in a series of China’s Yaogan 33 remote sensing satellites, the...
“The intention of the People’s Liberation Army to allow civilian astronauts and non-state-owned companies to take part in the fate of the Chinese space station are two trends that could change the global perception of the Chinese space program,” the report of the State Military Air Force of China (China...
Due to US sanctions, China is officially prohibited from supplying American technology, including chips based on artificial intelligence technologies. However, popular electronics districts in different parts of China allow you to purchase them. At least two suppliers in China, who spoke to the Reuters editor on condition of anonymity, said...
The chief designer of China’s Mars exploration program provided a long-awaited commentary on the status of China’s Zhurong rover, which has been stationary for several months now. Mars rover Zhurong and landing platform. Photo: CNSAThe rover has been powered by solar energy since May 2022 and went into hibernation in...
Chinese scientists have proposed the formation of a huge satellite constellation in low Earth orbit to provide Internet access around the world. The new project is supposed to compete with Starlink’s satellite constellation. Source: shutterstockThe project is codenamed GW and involves the launch of 12,992 satellites into low orbit. This...