29 August 2019
Doug Messier of Parabolic Arc reports from MAKS-2019, where LandSpace Technology Corporation Ltd. (LandSpace) announced that the company is seeking and accepting payloads from around the world for the maiden launch of its proprietary ZhuQue-2 (ZQ-2) launcher powered by a LOX/LCH4 liquid-propellant rocket engine (LRE). ZhuQue-2 has been designed as a low-cost "universal" solution for commercial launch needs for global customers.
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07 September 2019
Yutu 2 lunar rover has driven 284.66 meters on the far side of the Moon to conduct scientific exploration on the lunar surface. Both the lander and the rover of the Chang'e 4 probe switched to its dormant mode for the lunar night on 06 September BJT, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
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05 September 2019
At the 8th CSA-IAA Conference on Space Technology Innovation on 4 and 5 September in Shanghai, China, Yang Jun, Deputy Director of China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office told the audience that China plans to send 5 to 7 Beidou satellites into space this year and two to four in 2020, which will help fully complete the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System global network. Currently are 39 satellites in-orbit. In the future, the BDS will also be further integrated with the Internet, the Internet of things, 5G and big data.
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05 September 2019
China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has for the first time detected eruptive pulses of radio energy from an object known to the astronomy community as FRB 121102. There have been less than 100 fast radio bursters (FRBs) discovered, and FRB 121102 is the only one that has been detected erupting more than once, with the previous detection in 2015 by the Arecibo radio telescope. Repetition is considered important for those trying to unravel the nature of these objects.
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