28 March 2019
As an important part of 2019 China Space Conference, the Space Achievement Exhibition in Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of People’s Republic of China will be held in Hunan International Convention and Exhibition Center (Mango Hall). Themed with Space Dream to Chase, Co-operate to Win, the exhibition showcases iconic achievements and industrial fruits of China’s space industry. Guided by CNSA and China Association for Science and Technology, organized by Chinese Society of Astronautics and China Space Foundation, the 2019 China Space Conference will be held from 23-29 April in Changsha city, Hunan Province, China.
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28 March 2019
Shu Chang, CEO of OneSpace Technology, a space-focused startup based in Beijing, said his company is determined to continue with its research and development of carrier rockets and will also continue fulfilling launch schedules this year. "We will endeavor to launch another OS-M carrier rocket, as well as two to three OS-X suborbital rockets before the end of this year," Shu said late Wednesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, where the first OS-M rocket mission was undertaken.
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27 March 2019
Rui C. Barbosa reported today on NASASpaceflight.com: "The second orbital launch attempt for a private Chinese company has failed. OneSpace Tech’s OS-M Chongqing launch vehicle was attempting to orbit the small Lingque-1B technology demonstration satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The launch took place at 09:32 UTC but failed shortly after entering second stage flight."
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25 March 2019
Monday 25 March, at the Elysée Palace in the presence of Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and CNSA Vice-Administrator Zhang Jianhua signed an agreement on future space cooperation between the two nations. In the domain of exploration, China will fly French experiments on its Chang’e 6 mission to return samples from the Moon in 2023-2024. With regard to climate action, the two agencies have started work on their next joint Earth-observation mission, focused on ocean salinity and soil moisture. At the same time, the two nations are pursuing the roll-out of the Space Climate Observatory (SCO) to deliver satellite data in support of tackling climate change and its impacts.
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27 March 2019
China has successfully completed a gas generator-turbopump test of the Long March 9 heavy-lift rocket engine, laying the foundation for future development of its heavy-lift launch vehicle programmes, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced 26 March.
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25 March 2019
Jacqueline Klimas of POLITICO interviewed Rep. Rick Larsen, a member of the U.S. House Comittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, one of the standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. To her question whether US politicians understand the Chinese space threat, he answered: "I don’t think a lot of folks have a full understanding of the Chinese space program. Some of it is a threat, some of it is not. ... I think having a better understanding of the Chinese space program gives you an understanding of what the Chinese threat is. One thing I have concluded is the attempts in the late '90s to try to prevent China from growing its space program failed miserably. So the focus on trying to stop China from doing something perhaps diverted us from investing in the things we could do better."
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