Shenzhou-14 taikonauts are performing 3rd spacewalk
17 November 2022
The SZ-14 crew on board the Tiangong China Space Station is conducting their 3rd EVA on 17 November. The airlock hatch was opened at 11:16 BJT. Commander Chen Dong was the first to leave the airlock for a 6.5 hour long spacewalk. He was followed by crew member Cai Xuzhe. Taikonaut Liu Yang stayed inside the core module to support her crewmates. They will work together to conduct several extravehicular operations, including the installation of an inter-module connection device, adjusting the Wentian lab module's external panoramic camera and doing other technical work. The spacewalk will also mark the 1st time use of the combination of the large and small robotic arms to support taikonauts activities all over the mega space station combination. This is the 7th spacewalk by taikonauts on the CSS.
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Update:
The 2 spacewalkers finished their work after 5.5 hours and were back in the airlock by 16:50 h BJT.
CERES 1 commercial rocket launched 5 satellites
16 November 2022
The 4th flight of the CERES 1 rocket by Galactic Energy sent 5 Jilin 1-Gaofen 03D satellites into the planned orbit. The satellites will be used to provide commercial remote sensing services.
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Yaogan 34 remote sensing satellite launched
15 November 2022
A CZ-4C rocket successfully sent a new remote sensing satellite of the Yaogan-34 series into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. This remote sensing satellite will be used in areas such as land resources survey, urban planning, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.
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Tianzhou 4 cargo craft re-entered atmosphere
15 November 2022
The Tianzhou 4 cargo craft, tasked with supporting the Shenzhou-14 crewed mission, undocked from the Chinese Space Station on 9 November and then carried out tests on space technology. It re-entered the atmosphere on 15 November at 7:21 BJT. Most of the spacecraft burned up during the re-entry and a small amount of debris fell into the planned waters of the South Pacific.
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