03 April 2022
In this episode of the Dongfang Hour, Jean Deville is making a deep dive into the history of the CZ-2 rocket. He explains the variants and the efforts, China took to develop the CZ-2F for human space missions. More news can be found in the weekly newsletter https://www.getrevue.co/profile/dongfanghour
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31 March 2022
On 31 March, Tianzhou 2 was guided to a controlled re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere at 18:40 BJT. Most of the spacecraft burned up during the process. Debris fell into the designated area in the South Pacific. TZ-2 was launched on 29 May 2021 with 6.8 t of supplies mainly for the Shenzhou 12 mission, including 2 t of propellant, more than 160 packages of supplies as well as 2 EVA suits. It left the docking port on the Tianhe module on 27 March 2022.
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30 March 2022
A CZ-11 launched on 30 March at 10:29 BJT from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre and carried 3 Tianping satellites into space. The three satellites Tianping-2A, Tianping-2B and Tianping-2C will provide services such as atmospheric space environment survey and orbital prediction model correction.
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30 March 2022
As part of the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference in 2022, the China Satellite Navigation Exhibition will be held from 25 - 27 May in Beijing, highlighting applications of satellite navigation in emerging fields, according to the exhibition organiser. The 3-day exhibition aims at promoting the in-depth integration of satellite navigation with emerging fields, such as the 5G, artificial intelligence, big data and geographic information. It is also expected to boost the integration of satellite navigation with digitalisation and the application of information technology.
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