17 August 2022
A remote sensing satellite designed for health research has been approved for development, and it is expected to be delivered in August 2023 and launched before October. It will be developed by the Medical Remote Sensing Information Institute of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, established in April in central China’s Wuhan. The satellite will detect environmental factors that affect human health in mainly China and then in neighboring countries, serving infectious disease traceability, endemic disease analysis, health and longevity factor monitoring, post-disaster epidemic prevention and control, public disease prevention and other fields.
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16 August 2022
In the morning of 16 August, Yuanwang 5 arrived at Hambantota port after the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka gave permission on 13 August. Yuanwang 5 will stay until 22 August for replenishing supplies.
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Yuanwang docks at Hambantota International Port
15 August 2022
CMSA provided on 15 August technical details on the solar arrays of the Chinese Space Station modules. Wentian's solar panels have a solar wingspan of over 55 m. A single wing spreads across 110 m2, making the total expanded area two times larger than that of the panels on the Tianhe core module. The launch of a module with solar wings so wide that they may disturb the docking process through self-oscillation posed a challenge to the space engineers. The solution they came up with is a sequential unfolding method.
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13 August 2022
In the latest episode of the Dongfang Hour, Jean Deville does a deep dive into the uncontrolled re-entry of the Long March 5B, which caused a lot of discussion, frustration, and sometimes conflicting accounts. Jean is giving a cool-headed analysis and discusses some of the physics!
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14 August 2022
To provide a comfortable living environment for the taikonauts on board the Station, the research team on the ground has put in quite an effort to turn it down. The refrigerator is one of the noisy equipment inside the Wentian module because it has as many integrated functions as possible. The researchers had to design a new pump and noise-reduction materials. As the equipment are different in aspects, including the size, location and the cause of the noise, the research team had to use diverse methods to reduce the noise, such as covering them with rubber or placing them inside soundproof boxes. As a result, the noise in the work area in the Wentian module is maintained at under 60 decibels. It is 50 decibels in the sleeping area, which offers taikonauts a quiet environment to rest as they continue their work in space.
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12 August 2022
Large-scale ground tests for the commercial rocket Smart Dragon 3 were completed by China Rocket Co. Ltd., The rocket has successfully passed the fairing tests where the reliability of the design and quality of its fairing have been fully verified. The rocket is now undergoing the test phase in preparation for its premier mission.
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