02 January 2018
All the key components of China's BeiDou navigation satellites are made in China, ending reliance on imports, Xie Jun, Chief Designer of the Beidou system, said on 2 January. Key components such as traveling-wave tube amplifiers, microwave switches, and high-power current source controllers are now all made in China instead of being imported, Xie said. He also said his team has mastered all the core technologies for the global BeiDou network of satellites, aiming to make it as good as the Global Positioning System (GPS).
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03 January 2018
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, CASC, said on 3 January that the corporation would conduct 35 launches in 2018, the most missions in its history. 2018 would be its busiest and most important year, as many of its projects would enter key phases, and the numbers of experiments and launches would be the highest in its history. The missions include the launches of the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, Long March-5 carrier rocket and BeiDou navigation satellites, the corporation said.
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04 January 2018
Reuters reported that Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria's Communication Minister, will sign an agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation by the end of the month for the order of two Chinese communication satellites. The satellites will be financed by CGWIC and China Ex-Im Bank. In return, CGWIC will be granted a share in the governmental company Nigcomsat which is responsible for the management of Nigerian satellite communications. Both parties welcome this innovative deal.
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06 January 2018
All Chinese astronauts who have traveled to space have reviewed the oath they took when they joined a special People's Liberation Army battalion. The ceremony has been held as part of a series of events to celebrate the 20 birthday of the battalion. The battalion is responsible for training China's astronauts. During the latest ceremony, the astronauts pledged to train harder in the days ahead so as to stand ready for space missions at any time.
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