03 May 2018
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed that it has designed a graphene composite film suitable for use in light-propelled spacecraft. This is part of CALT’s research on graphene-based spacecraft propulsion, a new technology that converts light into electrical energy.
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25 April 2018
A joint project of nano satellite between Chinese and Russian students is underway in northeast China's Harbin City in Heilongjiang Province.
"The ASRTU project is an extension of our previous Lilac Sat Projects. All the people who worked on the Lilac Sats are now working on the ASRTU project," said Qiu Shi, the project leader. ASRTU stands for the Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities. Established in 2011, the association decided to move beyond just an alliance of over 50 universities from China and Russia by letting the countries' students get hands-on experience.
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03 May 2018
China has established an emergency response mechanism for disaster prevention and mitigation to serve countries along the Belt and Road region, said the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). Under the mechanism, those countries can submit applications to the World Meteorological Organization for starting the mechanism once they encounter typhoon, rainstorm, sandstorm or other extreme weather. Then, CMA would operate on-duty Fengyun satellites for frequent regional observation over the disaster areas every five to six minutes.
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04 May 2018
On 04 May, China launched a new communication satellite "APSTAR-6C" at 00:06 h Beijing Time (03. April; 16:06 h UTC) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The satellite, developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), was sent into orbit by the Long March-3B carrier rocket. This was the 273rd mission of the Long March rocket series. The user of the satellite is Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Co., Ltd. The satellite will provide TV transmission, communication, Internet and multimedia services to customers across the Asia-Pacific region. It is the second communication satellite developed by CAST for APT Satellite, following the APSTAR-9, which went into orbit on 17 October 2015.
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