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Currently中国空间站 Previously on 14 May 2024 CNSA –China National Space Administration   on a working meeting conference in Hangzhou, Ultra Mega City, China, People’s Republic of China , Revealed the latest development progress of the survey space telescope and the timing of subsequent major plans, showing that the survey space telescope will be ready for launch on December 21, 2026.​​​ In which is called the Xuntian巡天Chinese Space Station telescope CSST  巡天空间望远镜 with a mission duration of ten years plus on will be launched on the Chang Zheng –Long March 5B Carrier Rocket ….

Currently one of the latest installations towards the Tiangong China Space Station –   the latest is the Sky Survey Space Telescope stands up to 3 stories high……. China’s Sky Survey Space Telescope is in the initial stage of development. The telescope will be launched after the completion of the China Space Station. It is expected to be put into scientific operation around 2024 and will become a flagship space astronomy facility for exploring the sea of ​​stars. It is about the size of a bus and stands 3 stories high, just like a mobile space observatory, which will fly independently with the space station in co-orbit….

The latest news of the Sky Survey Space Telescope, which is in the preliminary development stage……With the construction of the Chinese space station, the development of the Sky Survey Space Telescope for co-orbit flight with it is also progressing in an orderly manner. The reporter learned from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences that at present, new progress has been made in the development of the first prototype of the sky survey optical facility. The telescope is expected to be launched after the completion of the Chinese space station, and will become a flagship space astronomy facility for exploring the sea of ​​stars.


As the optical module of the Chinese space station, the Sky Survey Space Telescope will be equipped with an optical system with a diameter of 2 meters and a series of state-of-the-art detectors. The size of the telescope is equivalent to a bus, standing three stories high and weighing more than ten tons.


On the Sky Survey Space Telescope, the first-generation instrument contains a total of 5 observation equipment, including a sky survey module, a terahertz module, a multi-channel imager, an integral field of view spectrometer, and an exoplanet imaging coronagraph. Among them, the most important observation time is the sky survey module, which is a camera with an extremely wide field of view.


Xu Shuyan, researcher at the Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, chief designer of the sky survey optical facility: We are currently in the initial prototype development stage. At present, all subsystems, components and units of the identified product have been basically developed and are ready for integration testing and testing. After the completion of these tasks , we will move to the prototype development stage, carry out the development of flying parts, carry out joint tests with the integration of the sky survey platform, carry out the launch site test, and then launch at the right time.
Zhan Hu, researcher of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, responsible scientist of the Sky Survey Optical Facility: It co-orbits away from the space station during normal observation. They are in the same orbital plane. When it needs to be replenished or repaired and upgraded, the Sky Survey Space Telescope will actively dock with the space station , and then resupply, or through the operation of the astronauts, the rear-end instruments and some components of the front main optical system can be replaced and upgraded, or some of them can be transported to the experimental cabin for maintenance.
According to China’s manned spaceflight project plan, the Sky Survey Space Telescope is expected to be put into scientific operation around 2024. The planned mission life is 10 years, and the life can be continuously extended through maintenance.

China’s Sky Survey Space Telescope  The Sky Survey Space Telescope will operate in a low-Earth orbit at a height of about 400 kilometers, with a primary mirror diameter of 2 meters. Xu Shuyan, a researcher at the Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the chief designer of the survey optics facility: The characteristics of this space survey telescope are that it can see deeply, see widely, and see finely. On the basis of the same depth and precision, it is more than 300 times wider than the Hubble telescope. Under the same conditions, Hubble can see 1 star, and our space survey telescope can see 300 stars.
According to reports, the detectors of the Hubble Telescope Camera are the size of a palm, while the main focal plane of the China Space Station Telescope Sky Survey Module is made up of 30 detectors, each of which is larger than the Hubble detector. Among them, 18 detectors are equipped with different filters, which can obtain color images of cosmic objects in different wavelength bands; the other 12 detectors are used for seamless spectral observation, and on average, at least thousands of celestial objects can be obtained per exposure. Spectral…

The Sky Survey Space Telescope (CSST) is expected to launch no earlier now for 21st December 2026..  as drawn out on the work meeting in Hangzhou..

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At 17:27 on May 3rd Friday 2024  Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, the Chang’e-6 probe was successfully launched by the Long March 5 Yao-8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan Province,  China, People’s Republic of China., and accurately entered the Earth-moon transfer orbit. The launch mission was a complete success. The Chang’e-6 probe has embarked on the world’s first return journey for sampling from the far side of the moon. The pre-selected landing and sampling area is the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon.

About 37 minutes after the Long March 5 Yao-8 carrier rocket flew, the rocket separated, sending the Chang’e-6 probe directly into the predetermined Earth-moon transfer orbit with a perigee altitude of 200 kilometers and an apogee altitude of about 380,000 kilometers. The Chang’e-6 probe consists of an orbiter, returner, lander, and ascender. Subsequently, with the support of ground measurement and control and the Queqiao-2 relay satellite, the Chang’e-6 probe will undergo processes such as earth-moon transfer, near-moon braking, orbiting the moon, landing and descent, and soft landing on the lunar surface, and finally reach a pre-selected area on the far side of the moon. Collect lunar surface rock and soil samples, and conduct scientific exploration at the same time. After completing the sampling and packaging, the ascender will take off from the lunar surface, then carry out lunar orbit rendezvous and docking and transfer the samples to the returner; the returner will undergo processes such as moon-to-earth transfer, approaching the second cosmic speed and re-entering the earth, and finally carry precious Lunar samples returned to Earth.

During the filming break, an aerospace worker told me that once she went to the Xichang launch base to visit an old leader. When the satellite was being transferred from the factory to the rocket assembly, she saw the chief engineer of the satellite kissing the satellite deeply and running after him. Follow the satellite and take pictures all the way. I burst into tears at that time…
The launch of each satellite is like a child bidding farewell to his homeland, embarking on a journey alone with no return, bidding farewell to Mother Earth, and rushing to the unknown and vast universe!


At that moment, I realized how affectionate, tender, sentimental, and heroic this undertaking is, like the sky, like the ocean, like the storm, like the boiling rain of time…
Chang’e-6 was successfully launched! Move forward with a heavy load and pay tribute to China Aerospace!

朱洁静Zhu Jiejing, born on October 3, 1985 in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, is a classical dancer in Mainland China. She graduated from Shanghai Dance School and Shanghai Theater Academy .

In 2001, she joined the Oriental Youth Dance Company and officially became a dancer . In 2002, she won the 3rd Chinese Dance “Lotus Award” Performance Gold Award and the Contemporary Dance Outstanding Performance Award for his dance “The Carving of Roots” . In 2004, the dance drama “Farewell My Concubine” performed won the gold medal for dance drama at the 4th Chinese Dance “Lotus Award”. In 2007, he won the “Audience’s Favorite Actor Award” at the 8th China Art Festival . In 2008,she was awarded the title of Principal Actor by the Shanghai Song and Dance Troupe ; In the same year, he was rated as a national first-class actor. Since 2009, she has won the Chinese Dance “Lotus Award” performance gold medal for three consecutive times. In 2012, the dance poem ” Red Clouds in the Sky ” starring in the lead role won the 12th “Five One Project” Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction. In 2014, she was awarded the honorary title of “National Model of Artistic Ethics” . In 2015, she was awarded the title of “Advanced Worker in the National Cultural System”.

In 2016, the dance drama ” Crested Ibis ” starring in the starring role won the Dance Drama Award at the 10th Chinese Dance “Lotus Award” . In 2018, she won the “ National May Day Labor Medal ” ; In the same year ,she was promoted to the title of chief artist of Rongdian . In 2019, the original dance drama ” The Eternal Wave ” starring in the lead role won the 15th “Five One Project” Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction and the “Cultural Grand Prize” of the 16th China Culture and Art Government Award. In 2020, she won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 30th Shanghai Magnolia Drama and Performing Arts Awards ; starting in the same year, she participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for two consecutive years . In 2022, he was awarded the honorary title of ” 2022 Boao Youth Leader “. In 2023, she performed the dance ” Dingbu Bridge ” at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and was later named the ” National March 8th Red Flag Bearer “. In 2024,she won the Protagonist Award at the 32nd Shanghai Magnolia Theater and Performing Arts Awards .

 [大中国 ….Only this Chang’e! Take you to the moon romantically in 3 minutes]

 On May 3, the Chang’e-6 probe began the world’s first sample return trip to the far side of the moon. The entire flight process lasted about 53 days, including the launch into orbit section, the Earth-moon transfer section, and the near-lunar system. It consists of 11 flight stages including the moving section. The road to chasing the moon never stops. The successful launch of Chang’e-6 will not only promote the development of our country’s lunar exploration project, but also promote the development of human space exploration. Click on the video to experience the romantic flight to the moon in the eyes of Takionauts.

风 brave strive to be the first to be more brilliant

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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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On the 15 March 2024 Hour Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration   ….. the “Chang Zheng -Long March 5” Yao-8 carrier rocket which will carry out the Chang’e-6 mission of the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project, safely arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. Subsequently, the rocket will be assembled and tested at the launch site together with the Chang’e-6 probe that arrived in advance. Currently, all participating systems in the launch site area are preparing for the Chang’e-6 mission as planned…..

“Chang Zheng -Long March 5” Yao-8 carrier rocket which will carry out the fourth phase of the lunar exploration project嫦娥六号was safely transported to the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. Subsequently, the rocket will be assembled and tested at the launch site together with the Chang’e-6 probe that arrived in advance. Currently, all participating systems in the launch site area….

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[The Russian government will discuss the draft law on the agreement on the joint construction of an international lunar scientific research station between China and Russia]

The Russian Government Information Office stated that the Russian government will discuss on March 15 the draft federal law on the approval of the intergovernmental agreement on the cooperation with China on the construction of an international lunar scientific research station. . Meeting materials stated: “The bill aims to implement bilateral cooperation between Russia and China in the construction and use of international lunar scientific research stations and the training of scientific researchers and experts.”

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In 2023, the Russian government’s Legislative Council approved the initiative to jointly build a Russian-Chinese international scientific lunar station. Vladimir Gruzdev, chairman of the board of directors of the Russian Law Society, said that the federal bill aims to approve the agreement between the Russian and Chinese governments to jointly build an international scientific lunar station. This agreement is in line with Russia’s interests and will help strengthen Russia-China strategic partnership and the development of Russian aerospace affairs.

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Russia and China’s plan to jointly build an international scientific lunar station will be implemented in two phases starting in 2025. The station will include research, power, takeoff and landing, orbit and experiment modules, as well as a command center, transmission satellites, telecommunications stations, and technology verification observation modules.

Russia and China signed a cooperation agreement in November 2022 to jointly build an international scientific lunar station.

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Source: Russian Satellite News Agency