05 July 2019
Kenya is seeking to cooperate with the Chinese space agency in order to boost the east African nation's satellite technology, an official said on 05 July. Charles Maina Mwangi, space engineer at the Kenya Space Agency, told Xinhua in Nairobi that Kenya is seeking international partners who have vast expertise and knowledge in the scientific field. "We are keen to partner with China which has a robust and vibrant space industry which has launched a number of satellite into space," Mwangi said during the third annual Space Challenge Competition for Kenyan primary and high school students.
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08 July 2019
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang 3 wrapped up its mission of monitoring the 46th satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and arrived at a port in east China's Jiangsu Province on 8 July. (with photo gallery)
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08 July 2019
Ouyang Ziyuan, chief scientist of China's lunar exploration plan, said at a conference on satellite and space, held in Rizhao, East China's Shandong Province from 05 July to 07 July that China will launch its first mission to Mars in 2020 and the construction of its rover has been completed. The Chinese rover will examine the Red Planet's atmosphere, landscape, geological and magnetic characteristics, which could provide clues to the origin and evolution of Mars and the solar system.
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08 July 2019
Ouyang Ziyuan, first Chief Scientist of China's lunar probe project, said on 05 July at a satellite forum in Rizhao, Shandong province, that Chinese scientists have made technological breakthroughs in the 12 phases of the Chang'e 5 mission. The technological breakthroughs cover launching, earth-moon transfers, final braking, orbiting, descending, sampling, ascending, docking, orbiting, moon-earth transfers, separating, and reentry and recovery. Artificial intelligence technologies will make the Chang'e 5 lunar probe smart enough in soft landings, collecting samples, ascending and docking at the lunar orbit, and returning to the Earth, according to its Chief Scientist.
The Chang’e 5 lunar probe is expected to be launched into space at the end of 2019.
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