22 May 2020
After the Tianqin-1 satellite was launched as a secondary payload together with the main payload CBERS-4A on 20 December 2019, 6 key technologies have been tested over the past 5 months, including high-precision inertial sensing and micro-Newton propulsion, both of which are necessary to detect gravitational waves in space, said Luo Jun, President of Sun Yat-sen University and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "The test results are better than the mission requirements," Luo said on 21 May.
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20 May 2020
The Government of Mozambique announced on 19 May the conclusion of a project to bring digital satellite television signal to 1,000 villages in the country, which is supposed to benefit over 20,000 families. The Minister of Transport and Communication Janfar Abdulai made the announcement after reviewing the project in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
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20 May 2020
China's upgraded tracking vessel Yuanwang 6 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday for multiple maritime missions of spacecraft monitoring. Yang Bianjiao, captain of Yuanwang 6, said the upcoming mission will test the vessel's new equipment and improvement in measuring and controlling operation, laying foundations for future missions including the Mars exploration and Chang'e 5 lunar probe launch. Crew members have examined facilities and conducted a series of training programs and tests before the voyage to improve their emergency response capabilities.
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18 May 2020
By the end of 2019, Chinese products based on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System had been sold to more than 120 foreign countries and regions, playing a helpful role in a number of public sectors, according to a 2020 White Paper on the Development of China's Satellite Navigation and Positioning Industries, compiled by the Global Navigation Satellite System and Location-Based Services Association of China. The output value of China's satellite navigation and location-based service industry reached 345 billion RMB (about 48.5 billion USD) in 2019, up 14.4 % from the previous year.
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20 May 2020
Shijian 20 - China's biggest, heaviest and most advanced satellite has completed all of its 84 in-orbit tests and technology demonstrations and verifications. The finished tasks included the first orbital demonstrations for ultra-high-capacity communications, ultra-high-speed laser communications, electric propulsion and other advanced technologies.
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18 May 2020
After the successful maiden flight of the CZ-5B rocket and the testing of China's new-generation manned spaceship, the details of China's space station known so far have been summarised in official Chinese media. The space station, expected to be completed around 2022, will operate in LEO at an altitude from 340 km to 450 km for more than 10 years, supporting large-scale scientific, technological and application experiments.
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