China's domestic navigation system accesses ASEAN market
19 June 2014
Three model satellite stations based on China's domestically made Beidou navigation system were shown to the public Wednesday in an industrial estate in Thailand, the first step of Beidou into the ASEAN market. It is a part of a cooperative agreement signed between China and Thailand. Li Deren, chairman of the Wuhan Optics Valley Beidou Geo-Spatial Information Industry Co., LTD, a participant in the project, said at a seminar that all such base stations will be completed in Thailand within two years.
China Looks to Recover Booster Stages
18 June 2014
Last week, China Space News published a short article on efforts by engineers to recover rocket boosters for later reuse. Based on a Google Translate version of the original article, it sounds like they are pursuing an approach quite different from SpaceX’s propulsive landing system.
Power System of CZ-7 Rocket Core Stage Completed the Second Test Successfully
17 June 2014
On June 16, 2014, the second hot-fire test for the power system of CZ-7 rocket core stage was conducted and it achieved a great success. CZ-7 rocket is China’s new-generation medium-lift launch vehicle with a low-earth orbit capacity of 13.5 tons. It is designed to launch cargo spaceships for construction of the future space station.
Replica of Chinese lunar rover donated to UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
14 June 2014
CNSA donated a 1:1 model of China's lunar rover Yutu to the public exhibition of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - UNOOSA at Vienna International Center, in Vienna, Austria on 13 June. Lunar probe Chang'e-3 with rover Yutu on board, landed on the Moon's Sinus Iridum in 2013, making China the third country to put a rover on the Moon after the United States and Soviet Union.