China launches CBERS-4 on 200th Long March mission
07 December 2014
China launched the CBERS-4 satellite, jointly developed with Brazil, on Sunday from the Taiyuan base by Long March-4B rocket, the 200th launch of Long March rocket family. The rocket blasted off at 11:26 a.m., lifting the earth resource satellite into its planned orbit, according to the Taiyuan satellite launch center in north China's Shanxi Province.
CBERS-4 is the fifth satellite in the Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resource Satellite (CBERS) programme which began in 1988. They are used in planning and land management, forestry, water conservation, environmental protection and agriculture.
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Lunar orbiter Chang'e 5-T1 is staying in space for tests
03 December 2014
When the return capsule of the lunar orbiter Chang'e 5-T1 separated from the service module and landed in Siziwang Banner of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on 1 November, the service module continued its mission to the Moon, arriving at Lagrangian Point L2 on Saturday - an orbiting position of neutral gravity near the side of the Moon farthest from the Sun, where Chang'e 3 circled before.
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IMO endorsed BeiDou System (BDS) as component of WWRNS
26 November 2014
Next to GPS and GLONASS, China's Beidou is now officially part of the World-Wide Radionavigation System (WWRNS).
During its 1st session from 30 June to 4 July 2014, the International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), agreed to advise the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) to recognise the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), operated by China, as a component of World-Wide Radionavigation System (WWRNS). The recommendation was put forward to the MSC for consideration and recognition. During its 94th session from 17-21 November 2014, the MSC recognised the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) as a component of World-Wide Radionavigation System (WWRNS). The performance standards for shipborne BDS receiver equipment have already been adopted (resolution MSC.379(93)).
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and here and the summer session of the NCSR ...
China proposed Roskosmos joint projects on the ISS
04 December 2014
Chinese space organisations have offered to Russian space organisation Roscosmos joint projects on the International Space Station ISS. According to a report by Russian daily newspaper "Izvestia", the Chinese side proposed a dozen of projects including research on the ISS. Also, a long-term flight by a Chinese taikonauts is among the ideas. The ideas are currently reviewed and examined.
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