China's new space port nears complition
02 April 2014
In an article on space.com Leonard David is giving an overview on what to expect from the new spaceport in China's South. Wenchang Launch Center on Hainan Island in the South China Sea is nearing its completion. The new facility will give China improved options for space launches.
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TKSAT-1 Communications Satellite In-Orbit Delivery
01 April 2014
On 1 April 2014, China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), officially completed the in-orbit delivery of the TÚPAC KATARI 1 (TKSAT-1) communications satellite and associated TT&C and application systems. The in-orbit delivery ceremony was held in Bolivia's capital, La Paz, and was attended by the Bolivian President Evo Morales and other high level officials from the Bolivian government. TKSAT-1 was launched 21 December 2013 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, witness by Evo Morales.
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China prepares satellite to help detect quakes
03 April 2014
China's first test satellite for detecting electromagnetic anomalies from space will launch in 2016 in a move that is aimed at improving the country's earthquake monitoring network and moving its seismological science forward. Yuan Shigeng, project manager for the satellite, said the polar-orbiting device will carry eight payloads, including a search-oil magnetometer, electric field detector, energetic particle sensors designed by China and Italy, and a Langmiur probe and plasma analyzer.
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China mulls global satellite surveillance after flight 370 riddle
30 March 2014
China is considering massively increasing its network of surveillance and observation satellites so it can monitor the entire planet, scientists working on the project said. The government is mulling building more than 50 orbiting probes, which Chinese researchers said would make the nation's satellite surveillance network on par with, or even larger than, that of the United States. Frustration with the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft over the past three weeks had led the project to win strong backing from decision makers in Beijing, the researchers said.
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