China Space Agency Chief Says He Expects Visit by Russia’s Roscosmos
19 April 2018
China anticipates a visit by the Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos, China National Space Administration Secretary-General Tian Yulong told Russian media. He explained that meetings between representatives of the Chinese and Russian space agencies take place frequently.
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Space technology patents on the rise in China
19 April 2018
SpaceNews reported that - in contrast to other countries - the number of patents filed in China is on the rise: by 13.3 percent over the last five years.
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China is working on wireless charging systems for rockets
18 April 2018
China's space scientists are exploring ways of using wireless charging systems, similar to those used for mobile phones or electric toothbrushes, in rocket design. According to Liu Fei, the project manager at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), dozens of devices in any rocket, including the control system and telemetry, still need to be connected with the power sources by cable. "Cables weighing hundreds of kilograms form a huge network with a wide variety of hidden dangers and a multitude of potential problems," Liu said. However, he noted that compared with small electronic products, wireless power supplies and information transmission in rockets are a very much more complicated business.
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Chinese willing to use Beidou navigation system
16 April 2018
Chinese are now eagerly looking to its own navigation app that's expected to debut next month and greatly improve the navigation accuracy to within a meter. Many netizens expressed the hope of shifting from GPS to China's own Beidou navigation and positioning system.
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