06 January 2020
Ethiopia’s newly launched ETRSS-1 has captured its first few test images. The imageries captured near China were published by the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute and primarily test run the imagery capacities of the micro-satellite launched on 20 December 2019. According to the institute, the satellite has been tasked to take more images in the Ethiopian territory which will be announced to the public in the coming days.
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08 January 2020
On 2 January, the Chinese ambassador to Mozambique handed over a FY-2 satellite direct data reception station to Vice Minister of Mozambican Ministry of Transport and Communication at the Mozambique National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) in Maputo. Mozambique is the first African country to apply this system and will obtain 24/7 back-to-back meteorological satellite monitoring service.
Prior to that, CMA has dispatched experts to carry out installation and deployment tasks of the FY-2 Satellite Data Direct Broadcasting Receiving System and SWAP. They have also carried out technical training targeted at the application of FY satellites in weather, environment, and emergency response as well as disaster mitigation.
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11 January 2020
China completed commissioning of the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope on 11 January, putting it into formal operation after a productive three-year trial. The telescope will gradually open to astronomers around the globe, providing them with a powerful tool to uncover the mysteries surrounding the genesis and evolutions of the universe. It was revealed that the construction cost were nearly 1.2-billion-yuan (around 170 million USD). 
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FAST telescope in numbers: FAST & advanced - Unveiling the secrets behind the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, in the mountains of China's Guizhou.
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11 January 2020
Lists of China's and the world's top 10 sci-tech news events, jointly selected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, were announced on 11 January in Beijing. The 10 major China's scientific and technological news events included the first-ever soft landing on the Moon's far side by the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, the discovery of the largest ever stellar black hole by Chinese astronomers, as well as the successful in-orbit tests of the country's first space-based gravitational wave detection experiment satellite Taiji-1.
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