First Domestic Joint Lab for Space Electric Propulsion Technology Innovation Established

正The Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion(SISP)and the Shenzhen Academy of Aerospace Technology signed an agreement to establish a joint laboratory for innovation of space electric propulsion technology,which is the first of such in China.The laboratory will supply a platform for scientific research,technological innovation,project exploration     

Electric Propulsion——The Revolution of Space Propulsion

<正>INTRODUCTION Propulsion technology is a necessary condition for space industry development.Therefore the propulsion system is fundamental for human space activities.Thanks to chemical propulsion,mankind’s space activities have scored remarkable achievements.Chemical propulsion is energy limited,because the chemical reactants have a fixed amount of energy per unit mass,which limits the specific impulse.The specific impulse of electric propulsion(EP)can be much larger than that available from a chemical propulsion     

Hollow Cathode Life Test for Electric Thruster Achieves Breakthrough

正The Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion has made a great breakthrough in electric propulsion technology.The kilowatt-class Hall thruster hollow cathode long life test exceeded 28,000 hours with 15,000 ignition tests.The verified lifetime has reached an advanced worldlevel.The breakthrough in hollow cathode long life tests provides direct technical support for several projects under development and the follow-on deep     

Digital Space Promoting China''''s Informatization Development

China's aerospace science and tech-nology industry has a glorious his-tory of 47 years. It has grown out of nothing and developed from small to large. Now it is an important force in the world's space industry. As a hi-tech industrial representative, China's aerospace science and technology industry has always been at leading position in the development of science and technology and has made a great contribution to the improvement of China's comprehensive national strength and social progress.     

Effect of Space Law on Space Activities

In recent years, people have made increasing studies and discussions on the relationship between the law and space activity. Some famous space law scholars in the world have put forward the opinions of "impact of the development of space technology on the law of outer space" and "development of space law as a result of astronautical technology", which show the fact that space activity and law infiltrate and influence each other. Space technology has played a leading role in the generation and development of space law. The paper quite agrees with the above mentioned opinions, but tries to describe     

Vigorously Develop Space Technology to Enter International Market

The level of space technology is one of the symbols that represent a nation's comprehensive strength.Today with the rapid development of science and technology, both space-faring nations and those relatively poor in technology and economic development are paying more and more attention to the     

Status and Development of China's Long March Launch Vehicle Family

This paper briefly reviewsthe development and characteris-tics of China’s Long Marchlaunch vehicle family and thendescribes its future developmentplan and ideas. Development and Status of Long MarchLaunch Vehicle Family China is the first country touse the rocket technology in theworld.The embryonic form ofChina’s rocket had an importantplace in the long course of the de-velopment of space technology inthe world.Over the past 50years,the launch vehicle technol-ogy in the world has been devel-oped to a new level and widely     

Development and Prospects of China's Space Technology——Will China's space technology be brilliant again at the turn of the century?

For China,at the turn of the century,how to keep the position of the space power,how to stimulate the enthusiasm of the space technicians and how to keep pace with the world space technology,all of these questions lie ahead of the Chinese people.So we may say China's space industry now is in the key stage.If the space industry draws great attention from the central government and the people of the country,it will have a brilliant future in the 21st century.We should put our eyes on the 21st century and prepare to explore space resources.It is difficult for us to keep pace with the times if we do not explore space resources and try to earn "the money in space".     

Seminar on Space Law and Technology to Be Held in April

Space law and technology experts from the whole world are to meet in Beijing from April 25 to 27 todiscuss issues concerning international space law and the development and commercial use of space technology, China Institute of Space Law released recently.     

Venezuela-China Space Cooperation Background

<正>CGWIC has committed to promoting space cooperation between China and Latin American countries,applying60 years of China’s space experience and technology to promote the development of local society,the economy as well as science and technology.CGWIC has successfully completed two space programs in the field of Venezuela-China space cooperation,i.e.the Venezuelan communications satellite(Venesat-1)launched in 2008 and     

Prospect Of China's New Generation Of Launch Vehicles

INTRODUCTION With the development of science and technology, mankind's space activities have greatly promoted social progress and produced profound and far-reaching effects.Space technology has turned out to be one field of high technology that exerts the most profound influence on modern society.The continuous     

China's First Joint Lab for Space Nuclear Propulsion Technology Set up in Beijing

正The Beijing Institute of Control Engineering(BICE),the Department of Reactor Engineering Research and Design under China Institute of Atomic Energy and the School of Astronautics,Beihang University jointly established a joint laboratory devoted to the research of space nuclear propulsion technology.Led by BICE,the lab aims at meeting the requirement for deep space exploration missions and conducts studies on     

Flight Model of Hall Electric Propulsion Subsystem Completed

<正>The Lanzhou Institute of Physics CAST completed the unit performance test of the flight model of LHT-100 Hal thruster as well as the joint testing of the full system of the Hall electric propulsion subsystem.This was a comprehensive test on the Hall electric propulsion subsystem     

Major Progress in Space-borne Electric Propulsion System

<正>Recently,the space-borne electric propulsion system ground integration demonstration led by the China Academy of Space Technology of CASC passed its in-site inspection and acceptance review,marking major progress in China’s electric propulsion project.Electric propulsion features high     

Space Technological Cooperation and Application in the Asia-Pacific Region

With the multipoiar-ization of international economy and regional realignment,the Asia-Pacific economy is thriving and prospering day by day.The demands for resources exploration and development and environmental monitoring and protection using space technology are increasing.Especially,since the United Nations Environmental and Development Congress held in Rio de Janeiro of Brazil,many countries have made their action programs correspondingly based on the Agenda 21.In accordance with the two themes on Development and Environment of global concern,many countries and international organizations in the Asia-Pacific region have been taking some new policies,and are participating in and appealing for the international cooperations in space technology.Whether having the abilities of developing space technology or not,these countries have expressed the common aspiration for making full use of space application potentiality and strengthening space application to improve regional sustainable development of soci     

Risks Posed by Space Debris

With the rapid development of space technology, the dream of the exploration and peaceful use of outer space has been realized, which, meanwhile, brings great benefits to all mankind, promotes the development of people's production and improves their social activities. Therefore, it is a common concern for people all over the world to make their great efforts     

The Status and Prospects of Sino-Brazilian Space Cooperation

China s cooperation with Brazil, one of the largest countries in the third world, in the areas of space technology development and application has a great significance in the world. A joint program for the development of earth resources satellites is briefly introduced in this article.     

China Haiying Electromechanical Tech Academy

China Haiying Electromechanical Tech Academy, the Third Academy of China Aerospace Corporation, is a base engaged in the research, design, development and production of cruise missiles, and it is going to be a larger-scale hitech industrial group integrating research, development and production with trade of high and new technology products. Since its establishment in 1961, it has developed rapidly and gained remarkable achievements. In the past over 30 years, it has successfully devel-     

China's Communications and Broadcasting Satellites

China is a developing countrywith a large population and the e-conomic development level in theprovinces and the autonomous re-gions is quite different.On theother hand,the transmission ofthe broadcasting and TV pro-grams via satellites has the follow-ing advantages:large coverage,high transmission quality and rea-sonable cost-effectiveness.There-fore,the satellite communicationsis the most advanced and effectiveway to realize full territory coverage of broadcasting and TV pro-grams in China. China began to develop com-munications satellites immediatelyafter it successfully launched its     

Spin-off of China's Space Technology

Based on the space section of the former Ministry of Aerospace Industry, China Aerospace Corporation was set up in June, 1993. It is a very large nationwide science, technology and industry corporation, which combines the military with civilian technology and industry with trade.