30 August 2020
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is pleased to announce the launch of new Science Partner Journal, Space: Science & Technology, published in affiliation with the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). BIT cooperates with China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) which is affiliated with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) in managing the journal. Space: Science & Technology is an online-only Open Access journal. The goal of Space: Science & Technology is to publish high-quality, high-influence Research Articles, Review Articles, Editorials and Perspectives from the world's top universities and research institutions on the intersections, frontiers and hot topics in the space field.
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28 August 2020
Tianwen 1 has traveled around 100 million km as of 28 August, 10:08 h BJT, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The Mars probe is in stable condition and its multiple payloads have finished self-checks. It has traveled in orbit for 36 days and is 10.75 million km away from Earth. So far, Tianwen 1 has captured an image of Earth and the Moon and conducted its first orbital correction manoeuvre. Starting from 19 August, 20:20 h BJT, multiple payloads, including the Mars magnetometer, Mars mineralogy spectrometer and high-resolution camera, have completed self-checks. The scientific data of the payloads were transmitted to the ground smoothly, confirming the nominal operation of the instruments. Multiple flight control tasks were also carried out normally.
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27 August 2020
On 27 August, the city of Beijing launched an innovation base for the Beidou satellite navigation industry, aimed at accelerating the development of high-tech industries, and improving the Beidou industrial ecology in the capital city. It will also help the city's Beidou navigation and location service industry to gather core elements, achieve high-quality development, and promote the formation of a Beidou satellite navigation industrial park with global influence.
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27 August 2020
To facilitate scientific research and science popularization, the Chinese Astronomical Society (CAS) invited experts to translate the Mars terrain terms issued by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) into Mandarin. The translations were reviewed and approved by a special committee for astronomical terms affiliated to the CAS and the China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies.
After the Chinese Astronomical Society (CAS) released the Chinese names of 811 Mars terrain features already by the end of July, the translations of 1,136 Mars craters were added to the glossary of Astronomical Terms, users can find on the website of the National Astronomical Data Centre.
The landing area of Tianwen 1 - Utopia Planitia - would read in Mandarin: 乌托邦平原
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27 August 2020
The Yutu 2 rover has set a record by traveling 519.29 m during its 600 days of work on the far side of the Moon. The lander and the rover finished their work for the 21st lunar day and switched to the dormant mode for the lunar night on 25 August. The Queqiao relay satellite is in normal working condition. Scientists have carried out extensive research based on the data transferred by the scientific payloads on the rover and achieved positive results.
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25 August 2020
Commercials space company iSpace announced on 25 August a Series B round of financing over 1.2 billion RMB (174 million USD). This amount of money in a single round is a record for the Chinese commercial aerospace sector. The investment was led by Beijing Financial Street Capital Operation Centre. Other contributors are CICC Alpha, Taizhonghe Capital, Sequoia Capital China and some other investors.
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