Technical Upgrade for FAST
27 March 2018
China will finish upgrading the world's largest single-dish radio telescope in April to help scientists discover more stellar objects that are unique and farther from Earth, according to a project insider. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, known as FAST, was equiped with more precise and efficient signal receivers, said Liu Oufei, Deputy Chief Engineer of the telescope's receiver and terminal systems.
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Tiangong 1 is expected to completely burn up during re-entry
26 March 2018
Tiangong 1, China's first space lab, should be fully burn up as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere, according to a note by China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) on 26 March.
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28 March: On-Orbit Status Update for Tianggong 1
According to the announcement of China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), on 28 March 2018, Tiangong 1 stayed at an average altitude of about 202.3 km (perigee: 193.9 km; apogee: 210.8 km; inclination: 42.67°). The estimated reentry window is between 31 March and 2 April, Beijing time.
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China's Doomed Space Station Did Some Science Work, Too
27 March 2018
Space Expert Leonard David summarises and analyses Tiangong 1's operational life and highlights which achievements the space lab supported. He also gives a thought-through overview on the facts for the expected re-entry over Easter weekend.
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China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
30 March 2018
On 30 March, China sent two satellites into space with a single carrier rocket, adding two more members to its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS). The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 1:56 a.m. The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family. The twin satellites are coded as the 30th and 31st satellites in the BDS.
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CFOSAT - China-France Oceanography Satellite to be launched in September
31 March 2018
An ocean-observing satellite developed by China and France will be launched in September, according to China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). The China-France Oceanography Satellite will be launched aboard a Long March 2C rocket, which was developed by CALT.
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CFOSAT's CNES mission website
CFOSAT's eoPortal mission website