07 August 2020
China and Argentina have resumed plans to work together on outer space exploration. The two countries will cooperate in the development of spacecrafts and other instruments for space exploration, as well as land infrastructure to launch and control space missions and satellites, according to an agreement published in Argentina’s official gazette on 07 August. The deal has been in effect since 24 July, according to the publication, which says all space exploration shall have peaceful intention.
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07 August 2020
The UAE Ambassador to China, Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, told the Global Times during a recent visit to the Beijing-based China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) that there are "a number of opportunities and possibilities for the UAE space agency to work with the CAST team in the future." China and the UAE could find collaborative opportunities in space exploration.
At an event on 06 August, themed on how to peacefully explore the Red Planet, ambassadors and diplomats from countries including China, the UAE, Namibia, Mali, Nepal, Uruguay and Azerbaijan signed an initiative on Peaceful Space Exploration.
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07 August 2020
China is soliciting ideas for educational payloads aboard its Chang'e 7 mission, an asteroid and a comet. CNSA is asking primary, middle school and university students across the country to provide ideas for payloads that would fly aboard the Chang'e 7 probe to the Moon's South Pole, and on another spacecraft to the asteroid 2016HO3 and the comet 133P. The deadline for applications is 31 October.
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05 August 2020
In 2019, 12,000 fishing vessels in Fujian began installing the BeiDou position indicators, and a BDS-supported system to assist with emergency response was established. "The BeiDou position indicator is non-detachable, and the built-in battery can supply power autonomously for five years and realize the real-time location of the boats even when they are in the open waters," said Ma Jianhua, Director of the Disaster Response Centre of the Fujian Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries.
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06 August 2020
China successfully launched a new optical remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:01 BJT. Gaofen 9-04 has a sub-meter resolution and will be mainly used for land surveys, city planning, land right confirmation, road network design, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and mitigation as well as for data on the development of the Belt and Road Initiative. The mission also launched the Tsinghua science and test satellite, developed by Tsinghua University. The satellite will verify higher atmospheric density measurements based on dual-frequency GPS.
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05 August 2020
China plans to launch Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) and Fengyun-4B (FY-4B) next year. Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) will be the 5th member of the Fengyun-3 series of satellites in polar orbit and the world's first meteorological satellite in dawn-dusk orbit. The other satellite is Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), which will be the 2nd geostationary meteorological satellite of the Fengyun-4 series.
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