17 November 2019
China plans to complete the construction of a space station and have it put into operation around 2022, said Zhou Jianping, the Chief Designer of China's manned space programme, at a forum held in south China's Guangdong Province. "The main goal of the construction of the space station is to enable China to become a country independently mastering the technology for long-term manned flight in near-Earth space, and having the capability to carry out long-term manned scientific experiments in near-Earth space and comprehensive development and utilization of space resources," said Zhou at the 4th China Summit Forum on Human Factors Engineering, which was held at Sun Yat-Sen University from 16 to 17 November.
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16 November 2019
China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on 15 November presented data receiving equipment of Fengyun-2H meteorological satellite to Kyrgyzstan and Mozambique at the 2019 Fengyun Satellite User Conference held in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province. A user support team has been set up to provide on-site and remote services to international Fengyun satellite users, said Liu Yaming, head of the CMA. China attaches great importance to the promotion of global cooperation and application of the Fengyun satellites and has been strengthening worldwide satellite data sharing and technical training.
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14 November 2019
On 14 November, scientists and engineers were simulating the landing of the Chinese Mars 2020 spacecraft on a test area in Huailai County, north China's Hebei Province. It was demonstrated how the lander was suspended in air, descended and avoided collision in a simulated Mars environment. It was the first time for China’s Mars lander to meet the public amid efforts to increase international aerospace cooperation.. Nearly 100 foreign diplomatic envoys to China including France, Italy and Brazil as well as representatives of international organizations (European Union, the African Union and the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization) were invited to view the testing on China’s Mars lander at a base.
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14 November 2019
China and Brazil will continue collaborating on space weather research to achieve a deeper understanding of the sun's effects on the space environment surrounding Earth and improve the forecasting of violent solar activities that could harm people and infrastructure, a leading Chinese scientist said.
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