29 January 2021
The 2nd group of China's Yaogan 31 remote sensing satellites were sent into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on 29 January at 12:47 BJT.
The satellites were carried by a CZ-4C rocket. It was the 359th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series, the launch centre said. Having entered their planned orbits, the satellites will be used for electromagnetic environment surveys and other related technology tests.
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29 January 2021
Chinese private rocket firm LandSpace confirmed with the Global Times on 29 January that it has accomplished a payload fairing separation test for its self-developed ZQ-2 liquid-propellant carrier rocket, a step toward the maiden liftoff for the much-expected rocket. The test verifies the working performance, sequence and the whole process of the entire separation action of the fairing. The parameters of the separation process meet the design requirements, which proves the level of the separation design and interface coordination, the company said.
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03 February 2021
Tianwen 1 is set to enter Mars' orbit around 10 February. CNSA said in a statement on 3 February afternoon that the spacecraft will conduct a "braking" operation to decelerate its speed to make sure it will be captured by Mars' gravity. As of 04 February morning, Tianwen 1 has flown 196 days in a trajectory toward the Red Planet and has traveled more than 450 million kilometers. It is now around 170 million km away from Earth.
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03 February 2021
Blaine Curcio of Orbital Gateway Consulting and Jean Deville of The China Aerospace Blog are reporting for SpaceWatch.Global on China's main aerospace events of the last week. This time the two experts are giving details about Geely’s satellite constellation, the new carbon fibre technology for fuel tanks, the reshuffling of space experts into the party apparatus, and about HNA Group.
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