26 October 2018
A research team from Tsinghua University in Beijing, led by Wei Fei, a professor with the Department of Chemical Engineering, has developed a fibre they say is so strong it could even be used to build an elevator to space. The team has developed a new “ultralong” fibre from carbon nanotube that they say is stronger than anything seen before, patenting the technology and publishing part of their research in the journal Nature Nanotechnology earlier this year.
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29 October 2018
China sent an ocean-observing satellite successfully into space on 29 October, a joint mission pursued under close Sino-French space cooperation that will enable scientists to study, for the first time, ocean surface winds and waves simultaneously. The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat), atop a Long March-2C carrier rocket, took off at 8:43 a.m. from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in northwest China's Gobi Desert, and entered a sun-synchronous orbit 520 km above the Earth. Jointly developed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, the French space agency, the satellite will conduct 24-hour observations of global wave spectrum, effective wave height, and ocean surface wind field, said Zhao Jian, a senior official with CNSA.
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link to AFP news "China, France launch satellite to study climate change"
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"The SpaceTY Four" - an innovative set of cubesats hitched a ride with CFOSat
On board of CZ-2C were the "SpaceTY Four", a set of four cubesats, developed by SpaceTY, the Tianyi Satellite Research Institute. Xiaoxiang-1-02 TY1-02; Xinghe TY1-03; Tongchuan-1 TY1-04; Changsha Zergling TY4-01. On 29 October, at 22:00 h BJT, SpaceTY confirmed that the "SpaceTY Four" had established a stable telemetry and were in good health.
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29 October 2018
On board the launch with CFOSAT were seven piggyback satellites for the international and domestic customers who have contracted with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC). The piggyback payloads included BSUSat-1 satellite of Belarusian State University and 6 scientific experimental satellites and technology verification satellites from domestic space companies. The agreement between the Belarusian State University and the China Great Wall Industry Corporation for launching BSUSat-1 was signed on 7 February this year. Additionally, "The SpaceTY Four" - an innovative set of cubesats hitched a ride with CFOSat. The other two satellites were IT and technology testing satellites with so far unclear ownership.
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29 October 2018
Taikonaut Chen Dong talks about his space experience: "Some people say that robots might eventually replace astronauts in space, but I want to stress that nobody should underestimate the human capacity. For future space station missions, the systems used will be extremely complicated and malfunctions will be inevitable. Therefore, human astronauts must be flexible and make quick decisions, as was the case during our repairs in orbit. In terms of dealing with emergencies and adjusting to changing circumstances, humans still have an edge over machines.
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