Top Ten China Space News and Top Ten World Space News of 2017 Published

<正>Recently,China Space News published top ten China space news and top ten world space news of 2017.Two pieces of China space news have been selected as the top ten world space news,reflecting that China has made great scientific and technological achievements in the process of building a space power and a scientific and technological power in the world.TOP TEN CHINA SPACE NEWS OF 2017     

China Launched Dark Matter Particle Explorer

<正>At 08:12 on December 17,China launched the Dark Matter Particle Explorer(DAMPE)into space onboard a LM-2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.The spacecraft entered its preset transfer orbit smoothly.The satellite will be positioned in a sunsynchronous orbit.The launch marks an important step in China’s space science detection.     

Tiangong 2 Space Lab Entered Electric Test Phase

<正>It was announced at the beginning of 2015 that CAST had completed installation of payload equipment of the application system onboard Tiangong 2 space lab,which had been delivered for electric test.It was a key point in the integation process of the Tiangong 2 space lab.Compared with the former Tiangong 1 target spacecraft,the application system of Tiangong 2 consists of brand     

China Issues White Paper on Space Activities

<正>The Information Office of the State Council published a white paper on China’s space activities in 2016 on December27,2016,setting out China’s vision as a space power for the first time."China’s Space Activities in 2016"is the fourth white paper on China’s space activities issued by the State Council Information Office.It contains five chapters except Preamble and Conclusion,including Purposes,Vision and Principles of Devel-     

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     

LM-3C:Breakthrough in Launch Technology for Deep Space Exploration

<正>One of the main objectives of the Chang'e 2 mission was to demonstrate the direct Earth- moon transfer orbit launch technol- ogy.On October 1,2010,a LM-3C launch vehicle sent the Chang'e 2 into its preset orbit accurately,dem-onstrating that China has made a breakthrough in launch technology for deep space exploration.     

Developing Space Manufacturing Industry To Serve National Economy And Promote Social Progress

Over the past 50 or more years, China's space industry has made brilliant achievements typically represented by the three milestones in China's space development history,i.e.launching the first man-made satellite into space in 1970,realizing the manned spaceflight for the first time in 2003 and sending the first lunar probe to the moon in 2007.At the same time, China's space industry has also mastered a great number of core technologies based upon its own intellectual property rights,accumulated rich exp...     

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".     

Enhancing Space Debris Studies

With the expansion of hu-man activities in space and thesteady increase in space debris re-sulting therefrom,the space envi-ronment is constantly deteriorat-ing.The space debris hazard hasalready introduced new safety is-sues for consideration by space a-gencies,spacecraft designers,manufacturers,scientists and in-surance underwriters. The problem of the pollutionof the space environment causedby space debris has become agrowing concern within interna-tional astronautical circles and theinternational community as awhole. And the management of thespace environment is a matter forinternational cooperation and all     

中国空间站关键技术及在轨验证概述（英文）

Tiangong space station is a space station independently designed and developed by China. In order to build and operate the space station, it was necessary to make breakthroughs in many fields and master several key technologies, which were characterized over a long technological span and underwent difficult verifications. Therefore, in addition to ground verification, on-orbit flight tests of key technologies for the assembly, construction and operation of the space station were planned to be co...     

CASC Achievements in 2014

<正>2014 was a remarkable year for CASC.Though there was no manned space flights nor Bei Dou navigation satellite launches during the year,national major space programs proceeded well with remarkable achievements.Quite important progress was made in the aspects of CASC space sectors such as application satellites,launch     

New Spaceport Will Be Built In Hainan

According to a Xinhua News Agency report on September 22,China will establish a new space launch site in Wenchang City in Hainan Province.The project has already been approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China.It will be China's fourth space launch site,which will be mainly used to launch geo- synchronous satellites,massive polar orbit satellites,large space station components and spacecraft for deep space exploration. The dismantling of old facilities for the     

FY-2G Launched Successfully

<正>The FY-2G meteorological satellite was launched into space by a LM-3A launch vehicle at 09:02(Beijing time)on December 31,2014 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.24 minutes after the liftoff,the satellite separated from the rocket and entered its preset orbit.The satellite was positioned in a geosynchronous orbit above the     

LM-1:A Pioneer Launcher For Chinese Long March To Space

3 6 years ago, a LM-1 launch vehicle sent the DFH-1 man-made satellite into space, ushering in the space era of China. Since its founding in 1956, China's space industry has made great achievements. The indigenously developed Long March series launch vehi…     

China's Space Science Program Plan(2006～2010)

HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM To make breakthroughs in important technologies such as astronaut extravehicular activities and spacecraft rendezvous and docking; To carry out the development of a space laboratory of a certain scale that is man-tended in short term and autonomously operates in orbit in long term;     

LM- 2E Launch Vehicle

The LM-2E,a large strap-onlaunch vehicle developed by China,represents a major achievement ofthe country in space launch technol-ogy.Many key technologies,in-cluding structural dynamics,aero-dynamics and large payload fair-ing,had been developed and usedin the LM-2E.The large capabilityand high reliability of the vehiclewere verified by the successful testflight in 1990 and the launches oftwo Aussat B communications satel-lites made by Hughes in the UnitedStates.China has been developing     

Retrospect of Deep Space Exploration and Its Prospect in China

The definition,goal and impacts of deep space exploration are summarized in this article.After a retrospect to past deep space exploration activities around the world,both recent deep space missions and future missions in the next 5 years are listed.There are also brief introductions to the future strategic plans of NASA,ESA,Roscosmos,JAXA     

Space Debris Research Activities In China In 2007

The year 2007 was important for us to carry out the Eleventh Five-Year Space Debris Research Action Plan.Through the unremitting efforts of all space debris project research groups,we completed the space debris research projects in 2007 successfully,among which we made the substantive progress in many projects, which has laid a good foundation for the continuous research in the future.     

China Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Spade Industry

A conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of China's space industry was held in Beijing on October 13, 2006. The Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a congratulatory letter to the conference. Hu said that space industry is a significant symbol of the nation's