13 December 2022
By studying lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e 5 mission, Chinese scientists found that lunar soil grains retain more solar wind-implanted water at the middle latitude region than previously thought. Based on this finding, the scientists predict that there is a large amount of water resources available for utilization at the high latitude region of the Moon.
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12 December 2022
On 12 December at 16:22 BJT, a Long March-4C rocket took off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre and placed Shiyan-20A and Shiyan-20B satellites into their preset orbit. The two Shiyan-20 satellites will be used for in-orbit verification of new technologies such as space environment monitoring.
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06 December 2022
In this episode of the Dongfang Hour channel, Jean Deville has a closer look at Landspace's Zhuque-2 methalox-fueled rocket, discussing the characteristics, its logistics, but also future perspectives including technical challenges and competition.
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10 December 2022
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) published the first batch of scientific data produced by the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, launched on 10 December 2020. Among the data published are detailed observations of 75 gamma-ray bursts from January 2021 to May 2022, which can contribute to a multiband, multi-messenger study of the cosmic phenomena for global astronomers. The data was uploaded to the National Space Science Centre's website and is available to the public.
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