13 October 2022
The daily positioning volume of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) during the National Day holidays exceeded 150 billion times, an increase of more than 50 % compared with the pre-holiday period, China's tech giant Baidu said on 12 October. The data came after Chinese online map Baidu Maps announced an official switch to the Beidou priority positioning on 30 September, with daily positioning volume exceeding 100 billion times for the first time. The company said 97.81 % of positioning had achieved BDS priority.
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12 October 2022
A group of scientists from China, Russia and Thailand have jointly developed a practical solution to combat light-injection attacks during quantum key distribution (QKD) to ensure the security of quantum communications, according to Russia's National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), an institute that participated in the research. Experts noted that advances in this technology are significant for the transmission of information that requires confidentiality.
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10 October 2022
Fueling operations for the Mengtian lab module have been started on 9 October at the launch site. The ground crew will also carry out a joint check of system functions with a CZ-5B Y4 carrier rocket, which is going to launch the Mengtian lab into space. The facilities and equipment at the launch site are in good condition and all the systems involved in the mission are undergoing orderly preparations.
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11 October 2022
The Shenzhou 14 taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe will livestream a science lecture from the Wentian lab module on 12 October. The crew will give an introduction of the lab module, conduct micro-gravity performances of sci-tech experiments, and give a presentation of in-orbit plant growth research. The 3 space teachers will also interact with students on Earth during the class, which is aimed at popularizing the knowledge of manned space flights and encouraging young people to develop an interest in science.
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11 October 2022
The CZ-7 Y6 carrier rocket for the launch of the Tianzhou 5 cargo space craft, has been transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Hainan Island on 11 October. The rocket will undergo assembly and testing together with TZ-5, which arrived earlier, CMSA said on 11 October.
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10 October 2022
The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) recently published the first batch of large-field X-ray maps of the sky captured by the lobster-eye telescope, or the Lobster Eye Imager for Astronomy (LEIA). The LEIA, launched into space in late July, is a large-field X-ray imaging telescope. It is expected that with the "lobster eye," people will be able to efficiently observe the mysterious transient phenomena in the universe.
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