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[China and Thailand will carry out aerospace cooperation such as an international lunar scientific research station]

On April 5, the China National Space Administration and the Thai Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation jointly signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the exploration and peaceful use of outer space and international lunar scientific research. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation.

Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand attended and witnessed the signing. Zhang Kejian, Administrator of the China National Space Administration, delivered a welcome speech. Supramas, Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education of Thailand, attended the event. Xu Zhanbin, Deputy Administrator of the China National Space Administration, and Peng Shu, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education of Thailand, signed the cooperation agreement on behalf of both parties. According to the agreement, Li Guoping, chief engineer of China National Space Administration, participated in the event. According to the Memorandum of Understanding, China and Thailand will establish a joint committee and a joint working group to plan and implement joint space projects, scientific exchange projects and personnel training plans, exchange data and information, and joint Organize symposiums and scientific workshops to strengthen cooperation.


[Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand visits the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory ]
On April 5, 2024, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory. Zhang Kejian, Administrator of the China National Space Administration, Xu Zhanbin, Deputy Administrator, Li Guoping, Chief Engineer, Wu Yanhua, Chief Designer of Major Deep Space Exploration Projects, Academician Wu Weiren, Director of the Laboratory, and Guan Feng, Executive Director, attended the event.


Princess Sirindhorn visited the laboratory hall, inspected with great interest the lunar soil samples collected by the Chang’e-5 mission, the Yutu lunar rover, the Tianwen-1 Mars landing platform and other exhibits, and listened in detail to the major issues of China’s deep space exploration. Briefing on the special project tasks, carefully observed the demonstration of the overall collaborative design simulation platform system of the deep space exploration project, and attended and witnessed the signing ceremony of the letter of intent for cooperation between the China National Space Administration and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Thailand on the International Lunar Research Station.


Princess Sirindhorn highly affirmed my country’s outstanding achievements in the field of deep space exploration in recent years, and expressed that she would strongly support China and Thailand to carry out extensive cooperation in the field of deep space exploration.
Zhang Kejian presented Princess Sirindhorn with a commemorative album of her visit to China’s aerospace industry. Wu Yanhua presented Princess Sirindhorn with an album introducing China’s deep space exploration. Princess Sirindhorn signed the name of the laboratory as a souvenir.


The two parties will focus on the demonstration, project implementation, operation and application of the international lunar scientific research station, organize expert teams to conduct research from the three aspects of science, engineering and international cooperation, and form a cooperation plan. At the same time, other countries, international organizations, scientific research institutes, Universities, industrial entities and scientists join the international lunar scientific research station program and benefit from joint free space exploration activities

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On the 3rd April 2024 in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 0656  hours Hong Kong –Beijing Time China- People’s Republic of China launch the Chang Zheng Long March 2-D carrier rocket successfully launched the Yaogan 42-01 satellite at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Star, the launch mission was a complete success. The star arrows are all developed by the Shanghai Aerospace Technology Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.


The Chang Zheng – Long March 2D Carrier Rocket  launch vehicle is a normal-temperature liquid two-stage launch vehicle with a take-off thrust of about 300 tons and a corresponding capacity of 1.3 tons in a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous circular orbit. It has single satellites and satellites in different orbits at the three satellite launch centers of Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang. Multi-satellite launch capability.


This launch is the 87th launch of the Long March-2D carrier rocket, the 206th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles developed by the Academy, and the 515th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles!

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At 0651 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 27th March 2024 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration   Successfully launched  rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province..  , and then sent the Yunhai-3 02 satellite into the predetermined orbit. The launch mission was a complete success launched with the Chang Zheng- Long March 6A Yao 3 Carrier Rocket.

Yunhai-302 satellite and Chang Zheng- Long March 6A Yao 3 Carrier Rocket.
Were both developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Satellites are mainly used for tasks such as atmospheric and marine environment detection, space environment detection, disaster prevention and reduction, and scientific experiments. The Chang Zheng- Long March 6A  rocket is my country’s new generation of solid-liquid bundled medium-sized launch vehicle, which adopts a two-stage and semi-configuration design. The rocket has a total length of about 50 meters, a take-off weight of about 530 tons, and a carrying capacity of more than 4.5 tons in a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.


This mission is the first launch mission of the Chang Zheng- Long March 6A in 2024, and it also kicked off the high-density launch of the Changliu rocket this year….

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On the 1327 Thursday 21ST March 2024   Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China. Successfully launched the Yonggan 33 Remote Sensing satellite with the Chang Zheng- Long March 2D YZ3 Y3 Carrier Rocket  Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Inner Mongolia, China, People’s Republic of China, and then successfully launched a Yunhai-2 Group 02 satellites…..

长二丁the Chang Zheng- Long March 2D YZ3 Y3 Rocket/Yuanzheng-3 Upper Stage  Successfully launched Yunhai-2 Satellite Group 02….. At 13:27 on March 21 2024, the Long March 2-D carrier rocket/Yuanzheng-3 upper stage took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Subsequently, the Yunhai-2 Group 02 was sent into the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.


Yunhai-2 Group 02 satellites were developed by the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and are mainly used in the fields of atmospheric environment element detection, space environment monitoring, disaster prevention and reduction, and scientific experiments.

The Chang Zheng- Long March 2D YZ3 Y3 Carrier Rocket   and Yuanzheng-3 upper stage were developed by the Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The Yuanzheng-3 upper stage, known as the “Space Bus”, has the capability of more than 20 independent fast-orbit manoeuvre deployments. It is mainly used for off-orbit multi-satellite deployment missions. It can directly send multiple satellites into predetermined space positions, quickly and flexibly. Access to space, space maneuvering and space utilization all play an important role.


This launch is the 513th launch of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

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On the morning of 20th March 2024, Wednesday 0831 hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time at CNSA –China National Space Administration– Wenchang Space Craft launch Center the Queqiao-2 relay satellite was successfully launched….  According to the National Space Administration, the Queqiao-2 relay satellite of the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project was launched by the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket. China’s Wenchang Space Launch Site successfully launched into space.

After the Chang Zheng- Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket flew for 24 minutes, the star and arrow separated, sending the Queqiao-2 relay satellite directly into the predetermined Earth-moon transfer orbit with a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of 420,000 kilometers. The relay star’s solar wing and center following the normal deployment of the communication antennas, the launch mission was a complete success.

The main load of this mission, the “Queqiao-2” relay satellite, was developed by the Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Company of the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It uses the CAST-2000 satellite platform, uses a hydrazine propulsion system, and adopts three-axis stability control. The pointing control accuracy is better than 0.03 degrees, the solar cell array output power is greater than 1350 watts, equipped with a 135 Ah battery, communicates based on the S-band Unified Measurement and Control (Unified S Band) system and the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBl) system, the uplink communication rate is 2000bps, the downlink communication rate 4096/512bps, the satellite mass is about 1.2 tons, contains 488 kilograms of propellant, and has a design life of more than 8 years.

The communication payload carried by the satellite includes a 4.2-meter-diameter X-band parabolic antenna, which is used to communicate with the detector without a tracking device and points to the detector through the guidance navigation and control system (GNC); a 0.6-meter-diameter S/Ka dual-band parabolic antenna, Used to transmit data to the ground station, dual-axis tracking and pointing to the ground station; S-band relay antenna for measurement and control (TT&C); ultra-high frequency (UHF) relay antenna. In addition to providing data and signal forwarding, “Queqiao 2” will also forward various ground uplink instructions to the detector. At the same time, “Queqiao 2” is also a scientific exploration satellite equipped with an extreme ultraviolet camera, an array neutral atom imager, and the Earth-Moon Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBl) system.



Subsequently, with the support of ground measurement and control, Queqiao-2 will enter the capture orbit after mid-month correction and near-month braking; then enter the phase-modulation orbit after orbit control, and finally enter the 24-hour lunar mission orbit, becoming the successor to “Queqiao”. “After the relay star, it is the world’s second dedicated relay star beyond the earth’s orbit, providing support for the Chang’e-6 lunar sampling mission, and relaying the “Queqiao” relay star to provide relay communication services for Chang’e-4.

After the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket flew for 24 minutes, the star and arrow separated, sending the Queqiao-2 relay satellite directly into the predetermined Earth-moon transfer orbit with a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of 420,000 kilometers. The relay star’s solar wing and center The communication antennas were deployed normally one after another. Subsequently, with the support of ground measurement and control, Queqiao-2 will enter the capture orbit after mid-month correction and near-month braking; then enter the phase-modulation orbit after orbit control, and finally enter the 24-hour lunar mission orbit, becoming the successor to “Queqiao”. “After the relay star, it is the world’s second dedicated relay star beyond the earth’s orbit, providing support for the Chang’e-6 lunar sampling mission, and relaying the “Queqiao” relay satellite to provide relay communication services for Chang’e-4.

Queqiao-2″ relay satellite and the carrying satellites “Tiandu-1” and “Tiandu-2” communication technology test satellites. The Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket will be launched from Station 201 of the Wenchang launch site and will send the satellite into the Earth-moon transfer orbit. Minus 45 minutes after launch, the three-story rotating platform has all been opened.

Schematic diagram of “Tiandu No. 1”
Schematic diagram of “Tiandu 2”

The “Tiandu-1” and “Tiandu-2” communication technology test satellites were developed by China Deep Space Exploration Laboratory. Among them, “Tiandu-1” was developed by the Eighth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, with a mass of 61 kilograms. “No. 2” was developed with the participation of Harbin Institute of Technology and has a mass of 15 kilograms. After entering the Earth-moon transfer orbit, the “Tiandu” binary stars successfully unfolded their solar wings. Afterwards, they will make mid-course corrections, enter the capture orbit after near-lunar braking, and then enter the 24-hour large elliptical frozen orbit around the moon (Elliptical frozen orbit). , then the two satellites were separated and adjusted to a relative distance of about 200 kilometers to carry out verification of new technologies such as lunar orbit navigation space reference allogeneic calibration, Ka-band communication and ranging integration new system tests, and high-reliability lunar-to-ground transmission and routing.



This launch uses the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket ” basic rocket, which is 50.34 meters long, has a first-stage diameter of 3.35 meters, a second-stage diameter of 3 meters, a booster diameter of 2.25 meters, a take-off mass of 356 tons, a take-off thrust of 499 tons, and is equipped with a 4.2-meter diameter, The height of the fairing is 12 meters, and the Earth-to-Moon transfer orbit has a transportation capacity of more than 1.3 tons.

At the same time, this mission is also the first deep space launch mission for the ” Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket and China’s new generation medium-sized launch vehicle. It is also the first time that the Long March 8 Yao-3 carrier rocket has undertaken the launch mission of the lunar exploration project of a major national aerospace project.

Arouse the bright moon in the sky, illuminating my ambition, and I am determined to go to Guanghan for an appointment. The divine arrow reaches the sky, and the Magpie Bridge …..

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