Tiangong 1 made it! - China bid farewell to Tiangong 1 space lab
02 April 2018
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More information on the re-entry sequence by Patrick Blau on http://spaceflight101.com
Tiangong 1 re-entered in the early morning of 2 April at 0:16 UTC ±1 minute after 2,375 days and 21 hours in orbit. Re-Entry, referencing the spacecraft crossing 80 Kilometers in altitude, occurred over the South Pacific Ocean at approximately 13.6°S 195.7°E, around 780 Kilometers due East of American Samoa.
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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Can debris of fallen Tiangong 1 space lab reveal secrets of China’s space programme?
02 April 2018
In the wake of the Tiangong 1 re-entry on 2 April, a scientist familiar with Chinese satellite salvage operations has revealed that Beijing routinely reclaims its fallen space debris to keep sensitive information secret - even when it lands in another country. But China will not deploy a team to salvage debris from Tiangong 1. “We only retrieve assets of high value, or those that contain sensitive technology or intelligence that would cause harm if falling into the hands of another country,” the expert told the South China Morning Post on condition of anonymity. Tiangong 1 was not such an asset, he said.
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China, Algeria to enhance cooperation in aerospace field
03 April 2018
China said that it expects to boost its cooperation with Algeria in the field of aerospace technology. Yang Baohua, Deputy General manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, said that China expects substantive cooperation in other follow-up projects in the field. On 1 April, Yang and other representatives from China took part in an on-orbit delivery ceremony for Algeria's first communication satellite, Alcomsat-1, with the Algerian Space Agency.
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China receives data from three Gaofen-1 satellites
04 April 2018
On 4 April, China received the first package of data from the three high-resolution Gaofen-1 satellites launched on 31 March, according to the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The package of data with a total size of 166.31 gigabytes was received by the remote sensing satellite ground station in Miyun on the outskirts of Beijing. Ground stations in south China's Sanya and northwest China's Kashgar all received real time image data from the satellites.
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