19 September 2020
Beijing's Haidian district plans to build a hundred-billion-RMB (about 14.8 billion U.S. dollars) aerospace industry cluster in the northern region of the city's Zhongguancun Science City. The project was released on 19 September at a press conference during the 2020 Zhongguancun Forum held in Beijing. With a total construction area of nearly 1 million square meters, the project will include three functional zones that focus on satellite internet innovation, Beidou satellite navigation, and space information services, as well as scenario applications.
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Industrial space tech park for Nanjing
An industrial park focusing on space science and technology will be built in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities announced. With an investment of 18 billion RMB (about 2.7 billion U.S. dollars), the space-themed park will be constructed in Luhe District and is scheduled to open to the public in 2022, according to the authorities. As the first of its kind in Jiangsu, the park will feature a science and technology innovation center for the aerospace industry, a national science education base and an international innovation zone.
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22 September 2020
Chang'e 5, the next mission in China's lunar exploration program, will demonstrate and test the country's technological and engineering capabilities in space, according to a key figure in the project. Yu Dengyun, Deputy Chief Designer of China's lunar exploration programme, during the 2020 China Space Conference in Fuzhou, Fujian Province that Chang'e 5 will be launched by a Long March 5 heavy-lift carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Hainan province by the end of 2020.
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23 September 2020
The launch of the CZ-4B rocket on 21 September included the use of re-used grid fins to guide and locate fallen parts of the first stage more accurately. Those grid fins were recovered from a CZ-4B launched in 2019. After ensuring that the structure was complete, scientists repaired its heat-resistant coating to make it reusable, sources with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said. According to the company, the grid fins used in the 21 September launch narrowed the range of the landing areas by more than 85 percent.
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24 September 2020
The Chang'e 4 lunar lander and the Yutu 2 rover have been switched to dormant mode for the 22nd lunar night after working stable during the 22nd lunar day, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Programme Centre of the China National Space Administration. The lander was switched to dormant mode on 23 September at 7:30 BJT as scheduled, and the rover, Yutu-2, on 22 September at 23:18 BJT.
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