China's first private 5G satellite to be launched this month
12 December 2019
China's first private 5G satellite is expected to be put into orbit via Kuaizhou 1A (KZ-1A) rocket by the end of December. It is the first Q/V band and 200-kg satellite independently developed by China's commercial aerospace company GalaxySpace.
With an orbit altitude of 1,200 m, it will cover 300,000 km2, roughly equivalent to 50 cities of the size of Shanghai. Low-orbit broadband communications satellites will connect 4 billion information users to the Internet.
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China's aerospace industry came a long way
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China's aerospace industry has made extraordinary achievements and has attracted worldwide attention over the past 70 years, thanks to the hard work of Chinese scientists. "Our goal is to meet the needs of our country." said Liu Jiyuan, an expert in engineering management of the aerospace system, explaining that this is why he has been engaged in this field for decades. Due to limited research conditions, Liu recalled that they once needed to borrow the test control system from another institute located dozens of miles away in the middle of the night. When there was no bus on their way back, Liu and his colleagues had to hold the device back together, and "no one was complaining".
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Yutu 2 sets the record for longest operational period for a rover on the Moon
12 December 2019
Yutu 2 has set the record for operating the longest among rovers on the moon, with over 11 months so far, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of the CNSA. Before Yutu 2, the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 Moon rover that landed on the Moon in 1970 held the record for the longest operational rover with 321 days, or 10 and half months. Chang'e 4's lander and the rover are in their 12th dormancy.
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China's civil aviation outlines roadmap for Beidou system application
13 December 2019
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has released the roadmap for the application of Beidou, the navigation satellite system developed by China. The three-phase roadmap listed specific targets for 2021, 2025 and 2035 to eventually foster a global navigation satellite system with Beidou as the core that is compatible with other systems.
By the end of 2035, the civil aviation sector should gradually see full coverage of the Beidou application to enhance the safety and efficiency of the industry.
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