21 November 2018
The Russian Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) will cooperate with the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics in carrying out research into Mars landing craft, the TsAGI press office reported on 21 November. "A cooperation agreement was signed at the Airshow China 2018 on scientific and technical cooperation between TsAGI and the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics and intentions were confirmed to cooperate in the research of Mars landing craft," the press office said in a statement. Also, TsAGI and the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center (CARDC) signed an agreement at the airshow under the project titled: "Studying the Sources of Noise of High-Drag Bodies Using Small and Large Models to Develop the Methods of Reducing the Noise of Aircraft Landing Gear."
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20 November 2018
According to Euroconsult’s latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than $16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation. “China’s space industry is rapidly evolving, with an increasing number of nominally private companies competing in different parts of the space industry in both China and abroad, and with the Chinese space industry starting to play a bigger role in cutting-edge technology,” said Dimitri Buchs, Senior Consultant at Euroconsult and editor of the report.
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20 November 2018
China launched a new space environment research satellite and four nanosatellites on a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 7:40 a.m. on 20 November.
The satellites have successfully entered their preset orbit, according to the center. Shiyan-6 will be used for conducting space environment exploration experiments. The term nanosatellite refers to a small artificial satellite weighing between 1 and 10 kg. Among the four nanosatellites, Tianping-1A and Tianping-1B will be used for equipment calibration on ground control stations, while Jiading-1 is the first satellite of the Xiangyun satellite constellation in low earth orbit.
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19 November 2018
China sent two new satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 2:07 a.m. on 19 November. The satellites entered a medium earth orbit more than three hours later and will work with 17 other BDS-3 satellites already in space. They are also the 42nd and 43rd satellites of the BDS satellite family.
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video from launch and early operation phase on Xinhua
and on CCTV with interview of Yang Changfeng, Chief Designer, BeiDou systems
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19 November 2018
On 27 October, China’s leading NewSpace company LandSpace attempted its first orbital launch. On top of the small rocket carrier Zhuque 1 sat the CCTV educational satellite Weilai 1, build by another Chinese NewSpace enterprise: MinoSpace. Like Zhuque, Weilai was a first, the first satellite MinoSpace delivered for launch. The mobile launch platform for Zhuque 1, however, was positioned at China’s oldest space port, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center with its legendary launch pads which have hosted not only China’s first satellite and China’s first manned space flight but many other ambitious space missions. But on the 27 October, Old Space met New Space!
And even nature welcomed the new visitors to Jiuquan friendly: the skies over the Gobi deserts were blue and the temperature mild. The crowd heading to the launch platform for watching Zhuque’s way into orbit was in the best possible mood, excited and jolly and keeping their fingers crossed. GoTaikonauts! founder, Chen Lan, followed the invitation by MinoSpace to join the staff of the two space start-ups and shared their hopes for writing Chinese space history.
Read the full report on TheSpaceReview
19 November 2018
The first United Nation World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) kicked off on Monday in Deqing of east China's Zhejiang Province.
Under the theme "The Geospatial Way to a Better World", about 1,000 representatives from the governments of the Member States of the United Nations, international organizations on geospatial information, academic circles and industrial circles gathered here to enhance communication, understanding, and application of geospatial information management, and pool talents to help address local, regional and global challenges.
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