31 August 2019
The Chinese government has released names of individuals who will be will be recognized for the first time in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Among them are three space scientists: Sun Jiadong made contributions to the country’s satellite technologies and space exploration. He was chief designer of both the Beidou navigation system and China’s lunar exploration project. Ye Peijian specialised in deep-space exploration at the China Academy of Space Technology. He is known as the father of the Chang’e lunar probes. Nan Rendong was the founder of the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) project.
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10 September 2019
Chinese space designers have devised a pocket-size device they say can extend small satellites' life spans and help prevent them from becoming hazardous space debris. The ion liquid electric thruster was developed by the 206th Institute under the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp and has undergone in-orbit tests on a Chinese small, experimental satellite launched earlier this year.
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10 September 2019
Satellogic, has become one of the first international providers of space imaging in China, as private space companies look to the country’s commercial satellite industry as a new frontier. The Buenos Aires-based company backed by Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent, has signed a rare deal to provide earth observation data of the central province of Henan to Chinese company ABDAS, which works with the provincial government to analyse crops, forestry and weather. Satellogic’s early entry and investment from Tencent have given it an unusual advantage over other foreign companies in the expanding Chinese market, where regulatory restrictions remain an obstacle to international deals, according to analysts.
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09 September 2019
Egyptian and Chinese teams announced on 8 September the start of the implementation phase of the China-funded "MisrSat II" satellite project. During the kick-off meeting, which was held at the Egyptian Space City near Egypt's new administrative capital, both sides signed the documents of launching the project that is funded by the Chinese government.
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Already on 7 September, a ceremony to launch the satellite project was held during the 4th China-Arab States Expo, being held in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
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