China developing smart rocket able to plot own flight plan
29 June 2018
A project team with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is developing a smart rocket that will have the ability to perceive, judge, plan, and execute flight corrections by itself. It will be equipped with an advanced reusable power system that can be switched on and off repeatedly.
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China to develop new series of carrier rockets
02 July 2018
China aims to develop a new series of small, medium, large and heavy-lift Long March carrier rockets by 2030 to meet the demands of its space operations, according to Long Lehao, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Chief Designer at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
The capacity of Chinese rockets would reach 140 tonnes for low-Earth orbit, 44 tonnes for Earth-Mars transfer orbit, 50 tonnes for Earth-Moon transfer orbit and 66 tonnes for geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2030, said Long Lehao when delivering a speech in Tsinghua University.
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Chinese scientists set new quantum entanglement record
03 July 2018
Chinese scientists have set a world record for entanglement of 18 quantum bits, keeping their lead in the field of quantum computing. The research by scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China was recently published in the academic journal, Physical Review Letters. The manipulation of multi-particle entanglement is the core of quantum computing technology and has been the focus of international research competition, said Pan Jianwei, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a leading scientist of the study.
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China’s satcom industry on expansion, Belt & Road, NewSpace
04 July 2018
CCT, Tatwah, and state-owned industry veteran APT - have ambitions towards global expansion, beginning with the Southeast Asian market.
APT is looking to provide communication to Belt and Road countries, said Huang Baozhong, EVP of APT Satellite. “We are doing this step by step, including railway projects in Laos, including some Chinese projects in Malaysia and Indonesia. One example is West Sulawesi, in Indonesia, where there’s an industrial zone mainly backed by the Chinese companies. Even today, the local internet network is very poor. They asked us for help..and with one satellite covering so many countries, that will play a vital role [in connectivity]”.
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