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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