29 December 2021
On 29 December, China successfully sent the Tianhui 4 satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite was launched by a CZ-2D and lifted off at 19:13 BJT.
Tianhui 4, built by China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing, will be used to conduct scientific experiments, land resource surveys and geologic information collection, the company said. Tianhui means "sky mapping" in English. With that launch, the Long March fleet has carried out 47 successful launches in 2021. In total, China accounts for 54 orbital launches so far.
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29 December 2021
In the last episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! in 2021, Jean Deville and Blaine Curcio wrap up the Chinese space year by going over 8 events that marked the Chinese space sector in 2021.
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30 December 2021
China launched a CZ-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan province short after midnight on 30 December BJT. The launch marked the completion of the country's annual launch schedule. The rocket took off at 00:43 BJT and sent the Communication Technology Demonstrator 9 into GEO, according to CASC. It was the 48th flight of the Long March rocket family and the 55th Chinese launch in 2021. The CAST-developed experimental satellite is tasked with verifying multi-band, high-speed satellite communication technologies.
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29 December 2021
China and Russia will sign in 2022 a new space Cooperation Programme for the time period 2023-2027. It will include a plan to create an open and inclusive International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) by 2035, Russia's national space agency Roscosmos told the Global Times in an exclusive interview.
The new programme will also include plans to support the development in 2022 of the ground segment of the both countries' national satellite systems GLONASS and Beidou as well as several projects Roscosmos and CNSA will work on in the coming decades as the two nations join forces to achieve a new level of space exploration.
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