FY-3E and FY-4B entered operation
02 December 2022
The meteorological satellites Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) and Fengyun-4B (FY-4B) along with their ground application systems, have officially started operation CMA confirmed on 01 December. Trial operation started in June, launch of FY-3E was in July 2021 and of FY-4B in June 2021.
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Safe return of SZ-14 crew after a successful mission
04 December 2022
SZ-14 completed all their tasks and handed over the space station operation to the SZ-15 crew in the evening of 2 December, completing the country's first in-orbit crew rotation. The spacecraft separated from the Tiangong space station on 4 December at 11:01 BJT. Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, have lived and worked in the space station complex for 183 days. The return capsule of the SZ-14 spacecraft touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 20:09 BJT, concluding a highly successful mission.
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Scientific experimental samples from China's space station return to Earth
05 December 2022
The 3rd batch of space scientific experimental samples from the Tiangong space station arrived in Beijing on 05 December, following the return of the SZ-14 crew. The returned experimental samples include 3 cold packs of rice and Arabidopsis, and a bag with 4 boxes of container-free materials. They were delivered to the Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) test satellite launched
07 December 2022
On 07 December the new VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) test satellite was launched on board a KZ-11 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite will be mainly used for communications test and key technologies verification of the VDES and the automatic identification system (AIS). It was the 23rd flight of a KZ-11.
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