Roscosmos to cooperate with China in human space flight and other areas
23 April 2022
Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos plans to develop cooperation with China in the field of human space exploration, TASS reported on 22 April 2022. "Considering the strategic nature of partnership relations between Russia and China, we will, undoubtedly, develop cooperation with Chinese partners in the field of manned cosmonautics," the Roscosmos press office said. China has huge potential in human space flight, Roscosmos said.
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RELATED: Russia and China are working on a space cooperation program for 2023-2028
Russia and China are working on a five-year space cooperation program for 2023-2028, the head of the Russian Space Policy Institute, Ivan Moiseyev, told CGTN in an interview. The programme will include crewed spaceflight, deep-space exploration, lunar exploration projects and applications that can bring practical results, such as Earth remote sensing and navigation, Moiseyev said.
China Space Day 2022 edition
22 April 2022
More than 200 space activities will be held during the 2022 edition of the Space Day of China in the coming days. Space exhibitions are open to the public, and academicians and experts will give popular-science lectures online and offline for young people. The 2022 Space Day of China aims to inspire the public to learn scientific knowledge, generate innovative ideas and carry forward the scientific spirit. Starting in 2016, China has set 24 April as its Space Day to mark the launch of the nation's 1st satellite Dongfanghong 1 into space on 24 April 1970.
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First data from Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Satellite received
22 April 2022
On 21 April, China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS) received data from the Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Satellite launched on 16 April. The Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences confirmed the receipt on 22 April.
The Miyun Station in Beijing successfully tracked and received the first-track downlink data from the satellite at 11:46 BJT on 21 April. Then, the Sanya Station in southern China successfully received data at 13:17 BJT and 14:55 BJT as planned. It took 24 min and 24 s to receive the 133 GB of satellite data, which were successfully processed.
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Tianzhou 3 docks with Tianhe's front docking port
20 April 2022
Tianzhou 3 cargo space ship separated from the the rear docking port of the Tiangong core module on 20 April at 5:02 BJT and moved to the module's front port to complete a computer-guided rendezvous and docking at 9:06 BJT. Tianhe and TZ-3 are in good condition, waiting to dock with the TZ-4 cargo craft, the SZ-14 manned spaceship and the lab module Wentian later this year.
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