02 December 2019
China has successfully tested the 2nd stage engine of the Long March-8 rocket, preparing for its maiden flight in 2020, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The hydrogen-oxygen engine worked normally in the test and was shut down after completing all test procedures.
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02 December 2019
China plans to accomplish a 200-tonne megawatt-level space-based solar power station by 2035, according to the China Academy of Space Technology. The space-based solar power station would capture the sun's energy that never makes it to the planet, said Wang Li, a CAST research fellow with the program, when attending the sixth China-Russia Engineering Forum held last week in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The energy is converted to microwaves or lasers and then beamed wirelessly back to the Earth's surface for human consumption, Wang said.
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26 November 2019
The 3rd progress meeting on the implementing of the Letter of Intent Between the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to Promote Regional Meteorological Cooperation and co-build the Belt-and-Road was held in Beijing on 19 November. The meeting reviewed the achieved results and it was hoped that both sides could harness cooperative platforms, consolidate cooperation in Fengyun meteorological satellites serving international users, advancing the implementation of WMO regional programmes and supporting seamless Earth system research, to make contributions to elevating the disaster preparedness capacity building of countries along Belt and Road.
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30 November 2019
China's first seismo-electromagnetic satellite Zhangheng 1 (CSES - China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite), a Chinese-Italian space cooperation, has obtained valuable electromagnetic data. Zhangheng 1 has obtained information about global ground artificial sources, magnetic storms and signals of earthquakes above 7 magnitude. It also helps with understanding the coupling mechanisms of the lithosphere, atmosphere and ionosphere. China is expected to have three electromagnetic satellites in orbit by 2022.
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