Chang'e 5 Undergoing Thermal Test

<正>Chang’e 5 probe has entered its critical phase of AIT.Units,except the lander,are undergoing thermal test.The flight model of Chang’e 5 is composed of an orbiter,a return capsule,a lander and an ascent unit.The thermal tests on the ascent unit,the lander-as-     

Three Modules of Belarus Communications Satellite Connected

<正>It was announced in mid August 2015that the communications module,propulsion module and service module of the Belarus communications satellite had been connected together.The CAST built satellite is under development.CASC overseas trading company CGWIC won the bid for the development and launch of a communications satellite for Belarus in 2013.The contract became valid and the development of the satellite was kicked off in Beijing on     

Chang’e 3 Lunar Lander Cameras Underwent Extended Tests

<正>Chang’e 3 lunar lander conducted extended tests on the surface of the moon after awakening from its dormancy.It was announced in the late of January that the pointing mechanism of the cameras onboard Chang’e 3 underwent extended tests to confirm the moving performance and limit switch triggering of the pointing mechanism under various status while pitching,moving forward and backward.According to the analysis derived from the remote     

Configuration of the Chang'e 4 Lander and Rover Released

正The Chang’e 4 lunar probe is planned to be launched this December from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It will be the first ever attempt of a soft landing and roving on the far side of the moon. The configuration of the Chang’e 4 lander and rover was unveiled at a ceremony for a naming contest of the rover held on August 15 in Beijing. The official name will be announced in October.     

Chang’e 2 Hits 20 Million Kilometers Milestone

The Chang’e 2 satellite, developed and launched by CASC, has travelled deeper into outer space at about 20 million km from the Earth, marking a new breakthrough in the ability of the nation’s lunar and deep space exploration project. The probe is now continuing its deep space travel under normal conditions. CASC undertook the development and launch of lunar satellite and launch vehicle for the nation’s lunar exploration program. On October 24, 2007, the first indigenously developed lunar exploration satellite, Chang’e 1, was launched into space successfully. Chang’e 2 was put into orbit on October 1, 2010 from the Xichang Satellite     

Landing Stability Testing of the 3rd Phase of Lunar Exploration Project Ended

The Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics and Electricity,CAST completed the first phase tests of the landing stability testing for the 3rd phase of the Lunar Exploration Project.The tests fully verified the impacts on the Chang’e 5 probe landing stability of the landing initial parameters of the simulator in 8 working states and 18 operating modes,landing surface terrain and mechanical param-     

LuxSpace’s 4M Mission

<正>Chang’e 5-T1,the Earth re-entry demonstrator in phase III of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program was sent on an Earth-Moon free return trajectory onboard a LM-3C launch vehicle at 2:00 am Beijing Time on October 24,2014.Chang’e 5-T1 also carried a private mission to the moon as a piggyback payload called the 4M mission(Manfred     

Chang'e 4 Lands at the Far Side of the Moon

正Chang’e 4 began its travel to the moon at 02:23 Beijing time on December 8,2018 atop a LM-3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.After separated from the carrier rocket,Chang’e 4 entered the Earth-moon transfer orbit with perigee of 200 km and apogee of 420 000 km.The LM-3B     

CASC Will Conduct 28 Flights in 2017

<正>The LM series launch vehicle is scheduled to conduct 28 flight missions in 2017,among which 16 are major projects or first flight missions,including the Chang’e 5 lunar sample return and the maiden flight of Tianzhou 1,CASC announced.Chang’e 5,China’s first lunar surface sample return mission with technically challenging and complex systems,is of great significance to the Lunar Exploration Program and deep space exploration.     

Tiangong 2 and Shenzhou 11 Manned Spaceflight Mission Completed

正At 13:59 Beijing time on November18,the return module of the Shenzhou11 manned spaceship landed safely in Siziwang Banner,Inner Mogolia Autonomous Region.Both astronauts,JING Haipeng and CHEN Dong,were in good condition as they exited the module.The Tiangong 2 and Shenzhou 11manned spaceflight mission achieved a complete success.     

Belintersat-1 Expanding into European Market

正At 0:57 on January 16,2016,a LM-3B launch vehicle lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center,putting the Belintersat-1 telecommunications satellite into space successfully.It was not only the first launch mission during the national 13th Five-Year Plan period,but also the first in-orbit delivery service of a complete satellite provided to the European market,and the ninth in-orbit delivery satellite project of China.The LM-     

LM-5 Ready for Rehearsal in the Second Half Year

<正>At 16:35 Beijing time on August 17,the second test run of the second-stage power system of LM-5 was conducted at the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Testing Technology and achieved success.By now,LM-5 has accomplished all major ground hot-fire tests and is ready for rehearsal at the Hainan launch site in the second half year,preparing for the first test flight scheduled in 2016.The LM-5 is the carrier rocket with the largest payload capacity currently developed by China,and is planned to launch the Chang’e 5 probe around 2017 from the     

GF-2 Satellite Put into Service

<正>China’s most advanced Earth observation satellite,GF-2,was put into service on March 6,2015.The GF-2 satellite is the second of seven satellites that will be launched for the High Resolution Earth Observation project mission before 2020.The project was initiated in May 2010 and GF-1 was launched     

QIAN Xuesen Think Tank to Promote the Development of Xiong'an New District

<正>The sixth QIAN Xuesen Forum"QIAN Xuesen Think Tank to Promote the Development of Xiong’an New District"was held in Beijing on April 23,2017 before the arrival of the second Space Day.Under the guidance of the Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE),China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation(CASC)and the preparatory work committee of Xiong’an New District,the forum was co-hosted     

News in Brief

On March 13, Mr. Liu Jiyuan, Administrator of China National Space Administration (CNSA), and US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor signed a new memorandum of agreement on commercial launches, which is an improvement on the previous agreement covering the 1989-94 period. China will launch 11 high orbit satellites and numbers of low orbit satellites for the United States over the next seven years. "The new agreement supplies opportunities and favourable settings for China's commercial launch services," Liu said, "China's participation is expected to promote trade between China and the United States in the commercial launch service market." Under     

China's First Hard X-Ray Astronomical Satellite Formally Put into Service

正A ceremony was held on January30 to announce the Huiyan satellite,China’s first Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope(HXMT)put into service.HXMT was formally delivered and put into service after it completed test tasks covering the satellite platform,payloads and ground application system.     

Super View-1 03/04 Launched Atop LM-2D

正China launched Super View-1 03/04,a pair of satellites,with a LM-2D carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:24 Beijing time on January 9,2018.The networking operation of 01/02 and 03/04 satellites marks the completion of the first phase of China’s     

LM-2D Successfully Launched Commercial Satellites

<正>At 12:13 Beijing time on October 7,2015,a LM-2D launch vehicle successfully launched a set of"Jilin 1"commercial satellites into sun-synchronous orbit at 650km.The complete success of the mission marks an important step forward towards commercialization and industrialization in the space remote sensing field.The Jilin 1 satellite is composed of an optical remote sensing satellite,2 video satellites and 1 technology demonstra-     

International Conference on Environment and Human Health Systems Engineering 2017 Held in Xi'an

<正>The first International Conference on Environment and Human Health Systems Engineering was held on July 8,2017 in Northwestern Polytechnical University(NPU),Xi’an.This conference was jointly held by the School of Life Sciences of NPU,the Office of International Cooperation of NPU and the China Aerospace Academy of Systems Science and Engineering(CAASSE).Experts and scientists from Pakistan universities and institutes as     

FY-2F Meteorological Satellite Successfully Launched

At 08:56 on January 13,a LM-3A launch vehicle launched into space FY-2F,the fourth operational geostationary meteorological satellite independently developed by China,from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.24 minutes after the lift-off,data received from the Xi’an Satellite TT&C Center and the Yuanwang