05 January 2021
The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that as of 1 April, they will accept online applications for FAST's observation time by foreign scientist. 10 % of the observation can be allocated for that purpose starting from 1 August. There is currently no restriction on the proposals, but the telescope is prioritized to study topics including the interstellar medium composed of neutral atomic hydrogen, the polarization of spiral galaxies, and fast radio bursts-transient radio pulses caused by some high-energy astrophysical process not fully understood. There are no details given on the involved cost for foreign use of observation time.
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04 January 2021
Blaine Curcio of Orbital Gateway Consulting and Jean Deville of The China Aerospace Blog are reporting on the events in the week over the change of the years. They are giving details on the progress at Deep Blue Aerospace, the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Italy and what that means with respect to space cooperation. They also provide information on the first flight of the OTT Airlines and touch upon the investment by South-Korean company Hanwha into antenna technology.
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05 January 2021
With the start of the new year, CASC published its plans for launches in 2021. The company is aiming for 40+ launches. This figure would not include launches of other Chinese launch service providers. One of the important projects is the start of the assembly of the Chinese Space Station which requires cargo and manned launches. Also, China will continue to research manned lunar exploration, and will foster the application of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) in civil aviation and other fields.
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07 January 2021
Chinese scientists have created the world's first integrated space-to-ground quantum network that can provide reliable, ultrasecure communication between more than 150 users over a total distance of 4,600 kilometers across the country, according to a study published in the journal Nature on 07 January.
In the integrated network, scientists from the USTC combined 700 ground-based optical fibers and two ground-to-satellite links to create a quantum communication network spanning over 4,600 km.
It represents a major step toward building a practical, large-scale quantum internet.
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Link to the publication in Nature: "An integrated space-to-ground quantum communication network over 4,600 kilometres"