22 June 2020
The Chinese Large Solar Telescope (CLST), with a 1.8-meter aperture has recently captured images of the sun's surface with details, indicating that this optical instrument can detect solar storm warnings, said scientists. The telescope was developed by the Institute of Optics and Electronics under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It captured the first batch of high-resolution images of the solar atmosphere on 10 December 2019.
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23 June 2020
China launched the last satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 9:43 BJT on 23 June, marking the completion of the deployment of its own global navigation system. The satellite, the 55th in the family of BeiDou that means "Big Dipper" in Chinese, was successfully sent into the preset orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the launch center. The launch mission was a complete success, the centre said.
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24 June 2020
China's domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been widely used in many public sectors and business fields at home and abroad, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office. By the end of 2019, more than 100 million Beidou-based navigation chips, modules and other products had been sold. The system had by then been applied to nearly 6.6 million taxis, buses and trucks around China as well as more than 70,000 fishing vessels across the country. More than 10,000 fishermen had been rescued or received assistance after they used a Beidou device to ask for help.
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24 June 2020
China's space-tracking ship, Yuanwang 6, has completed maritime monitoring for the last satellite launch of the country's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in the Pacific Ocean on 23 June. About 20 minutes after the lift-off of the CZ-3B from Xichang, Yuanwang 6' radar system detected and locked the target, and followed the trajectory of the satellite. The whole maritime monitoring process lasted for nearly 600 seconds.
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