05 June 2022
The SZ-14 spaceship, atop a CZ-2F carrier rocket, took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 10:44 BJT. About 577 seconds after launch, SZ-14 separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. The 3 crew members were in good shape and the launch was declared a complete success. The crew will work with the ground team to complete the rendezvous and docking with the core module.
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04 June 2022
Taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe are assigned to the Shenzhou 14 mission, with Chen serving in the position of the commander, CMSA announced at a press conference held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on 4 June. SZ-14 will launch on 5 June at around 10:44 BJT from Jiuquan. The main task of the mission is to complete the construction of the Tiangong space station, with a basic 3-module structure consisting of the core module Tianhe and the lab modules Wentian and Mengtian. Upon completion of the assembly, the space station will become a national space laboratory.
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China discloses tasks of Shenzhou-14 crewed space mission
02 June 2022
Getting instant images and data throughout space launch missions is very important for the launch to be successful. This job is done through coordination of various tracking and monitoring stations. At the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre where the SZ-14 mission is scheduled for lift-off on 5 June, CGTN reporter Zheng Yibing visited a station equipped with multiple types of devices, like the optical telescope. "We are mainly responsible for tracking live images during space missions, like target detection of the carrier rocket and the measurement of its position in space," said engineer Yu Shilong.
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01 June 2022
The Fengyun 3E and Fengyun 4B meteorological satellites along with their ground application systems, began trial operation on 30 May, the China Meteorological Administration reported. FY-3E and FY-4B will provide observation data and application services to global users. FY-3E, launched on 5 July 2021, is a meteorological satellite in early morning orbit for civil service. It will mainly obtain the atmospheric temperature, humidity, and other meteorological parameters for numerical-prediction applications. It will form a network with the FY-3C and FY-3D to provide more accurate and faster global weather data.
FY-4B, launched on 3 June 2021. It is China's 1st new-generation meteorological satellite in geostationary orbit. It will operate with the FY-4A to meet the needs of meteorological monitoring and forecasting, disaster prevention, and mitigation for China and the countries along the Belt and Road.
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02 June 2022
On 2 June at 12:00 BJT, a CZ-2C rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre and placed a group of 9 commercial Geely-01 satellites into the preset orbit. Owned by GeeSpace, a subsidiary of Geely Technology Group, the satellites are equipped with multispectral remote-sensing payloads and will work together to demonstrate new technologies. The satellite constellation will be mainly used to research and validate technologies, such as travel services of intelligent connected vehicles, and vehicle/mobile phone and satellite interaction. It will also provide data support for marine environmental protection.
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29 May 2022
The CZ-5 Y3 for the launch of the Wentian module for the CSS arrived on 29 May at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on Hainan Island. The containers were off-loaded from the Yuan Wang 21 transport vessel at Qinglan port and loaded on special trucks for road transport to Wenchang. The rocket will be assembled with the Wentian module, which arrived earlier. Both components are tested and prepared for launch in July.
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