Beidou-related industry estimated to top 1 trillion RMB by 2025
26 May 2021
Yang Jun, Deputy Director of China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office, said at the 3-day 12th China Satellite Navigation Conference in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, that the value of industries related to the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is estimated to exceed 1 trillion RMB (about 156.4 billion USD) by 2025. China has fostered a complete and independent industrial chain for developing BDS and has exported BDS-powered products to more than 120 countries and regions, Yang said. He added that based on BDS's performance index in the first half of this year, the system is functioning well with a signal-in-space accuracy of less than 0.5 m.
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Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft back on launch pad ... and launched
29 May 2021
China plans to launch the Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft on 29 May, at around 20:55 BJT (12:55 UTC) from Wenchang Space Launch Centre (LC-201). The Long March 7-Y3 carrier rocket, carrying the Tianzhou 2 cargo spacecraft, is filled with propellant and ready for launch, said CMSA.
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China and Russia move closer in the field of space cooperation
26 May 2021
China and Russia invited each other for participation in the International Lunar Research Station. Furthermore, China and Russia decided to incorporate each others launchers into their respective human space flight programmes, paving the way for an integrated approach to future deep-space exploration. “Both sides have agreed to incorporate Russia’s super-heavy rocket in China’s human space flight missions as well as the other way round – incorporate China’s super-heavy rocket with Russia’s manned spacecraft,” Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of Roscosmos said on 24 May, according to Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik. China has not commented on the planned space cooperation with Russia.
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IAU approved 8 Chinese names for lunar sites
29 May 2021
"The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved 8 names for features on the Moon in the vicinity of the Chang'e 5 landing site: Mons Hua, Mons Heng, Pei Xiu, Shen Kuo, Liu Hui, Song Yingxing, Statio Tianchuan, and Xu Guangqi," a statement by the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature said on 24 May.
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announcement by the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
lunar map with the new names