03 April 2018
China aims to organize and launch a series of large international science projects in the coming years to solve important problems in science. China will organize and launch one or two large international science projects, and foster three to five projects by 2020. Another six to 10 large projects will be cultivated by 2035 to increase China's influence in the science and technology field, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said. Areas such as the physical sciences, research on the evolution of the universe and the origin of life were specifically listed as priorities.
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04 April 2018
On 4 April, China received the first package of data from the three high-resolution Gaofen-1 satellites launched on 31 March, according to the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The package of data with a total size of 166.31 gigabytes was received by the remote sensing satellite ground station in Miyun on the outskirts of Beijing. Ground stations in south China's Sanya and northwest China's Kashgar all received real time image data from the satellites.
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03 April 2018
China said that it expects to boost its cooperation with Algeria in the field of aerospace technology. Yang Baohua, Deputy General manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said that China expects substantive cooperation in other follow-up projects in the field. On 1 April, Yang and other representatives from China took part in an on-orbit delivery ceremony for Algeria's first communication satellite, Alcomsat-1, with the Algerian Space Agency.
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02 April 2018
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More information on the re-entry sequence by Patrick Blau on http://spaceflight101.com
Tiangong 1 re-entered in the early morning of 2 April at 0:16 UTC ±1 minute after 2,375 days and 21 hours in orbit. Re-Entry, referencing the spacecraft crossing 80 Kilometers in altitude, occurred over the South Pacific Ocean at approximately 13.6°S 195.7°E, around 780 Kilometers due East of American Samoa.

China's Doomed Space Station Did Some Science Work, Too
27 March 2018
Space Expert Leonard David summarises and analyses Tiangong 1's operational life and highlights which achievements the space lab supported. He also gives a thought-through overview on the facts for the expected re-entry over Easter weekend.
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02 April 2018
In the wake of the Tiangong 1 re-entry on 2 April, a scientist familiar with Chinese satellite salvage operations has revealed that Beijing routinely reclaims its fallen space debris to keep sensitive information secret - even when it lands in another country. But China will not deploy a team to salvage debris from Tiangong 1. “We only retrieve assets of high value, or those that contain sensitive technology or intelligence that would cause harm if falling into the hands of another country,” the expert told the South China Morning Post on condition of anonymity. Tiangong 1 was not such an asset, he said.
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01 April 2018
China recently unveiled its space station core module developed in Tianjin Aerospace Town, as the country is carrying out the last step in its three-step strategy of the manned space programme. Behind the development of the space station is a group of engineers with an average age of 35. Recently, the engineers have been running some tests on the core module. Zhang Hao, a Senior Designer of the space station system with China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, introduced the module.
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