28 January 2019
Hong Kong Polytechnic University made two critical contributions to the Chang'e 4 lunar landing. The researchers at PolyU built the automated multi-axis mount for the mission-critical camera on top of the lunar lander and helped plan and select a landing site in the von Kármán crater.
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earlier report by PolyU on its Chang'e 4 contributions

23 January 2019
Chinese scientists have released nighttime remote sensing imagery captured by Luojia 1, a scientific experiment satellite, was sent into space on 2 June 2018. The resolution of the images is 130 meters allowing for fine spatial details of artificial nighttime light in China. So far, nighttime remote sensing data collected by Luojia 1 have been provided to over 3,000 users in 16 countries and regions.
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22 January 2019
In preparation of the start of FAST's formal operation this year, the rules for visitors of Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) were reinforced.
No cell phones, no digital cameras, and no smart wearable devices - the Guizhou provincial government has revised a regulation to keep the noise down and prevent human activities from affecting the world's largest telescope. The total quiet area of FAST includes a 5 km radius as the core zone, 5 km to 10 km radius as the intermediate zone and a peripheral zone that covers 10 km to 30 km in radius. The regulation is expected to be effective starting from 1 April 2019.
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21 January 2019
China launched two satellites for multispectral imaging and two test satellites on a Long March 11 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 1:42 pm on 21 January. The two imaging satellites, part of the Jilin 1 satellite family, were independently developed by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd. They have successfully entered their preset orbit, according to the center.
Loaded with a multi-spectral imager and an infrared camera, they will form a network with the 10 previously launched Jilin 1 satellites, providing remote sensing data and services for forestry, shipping and resource and environmental monitoring.
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