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On the day of  April 25th Thursday 2024   Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration , China, People’s Republic of China At 20:59 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time  on April 25, 2024, Beijing time, the Long March 2F Yao18 carrier rocket carrying the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft was ignited and launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. , About 10 minutes later, the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft successfully separated from the Carrier rocket and entered the predetermined orbit. Currently, the Takionaut crew is in good condition and the launch was a complete success.

Before then the Launch.. Takionauts Departure Ceremony was held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center……  At 18:09 on April 25th, 2024, Beijing time, the Shenzhou 18 manned mission’s Takionaut crew departure ceremony was held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Held at the Yuanmengyuan Square.  At 18:10, Xu Xueqiang, commander-in-chief of China’s Manned Space Engineering Project and commander-in-chief of the Space Station Application and Development Stage Mission Command, issued a “departure” order, and three astronauts, Ye Guangfu, Li Cong, and Li Guangsu, took the order. At present, the Takionaut crew of Shenzhou 17 has been stationed at the space station for nearly six months, and they are actively preparing to welcome the Takionaut crew of Shenzhou 18 which is coming soon….


After the spacecraft enters orbit, it will conduct autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking with the space station assembly in accordance with predetermined procedures. The astronaut crew of Shenzhou 18 will rotate in orbit with the astronaut crew of Shenzhou 17. While working and living on the space station, the crew of Shenzhou 18 will conduct multiple extravehicular activities and carry out practical experiments and applications in the fields of basic microgravity physics, space material science, space life science, aerospace medicine, and aerospace technology. , completing various tasks such as the installation of the space station’s debris protection and reinforcement device, the installation and recovery of extravehicular loads and extravehicular platform equipment.
This mission is the third manned mission in my country’s manned space program entering the space station application and development stage. It is the 32nd launch mission since the project was established and implemented, and it is also the 518th flight of the Long March series of launch vehicles.

After the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft entered orbit, it successfully docked at the radial port of the Tianhe core module of the space station at 3:32 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time on April 26, 2024, Beijing time. The Takionaut crew of Shenzhou 17 has made all preparations to welcome the astronaut crew of Shenzhou 18. The two Shenzhou crew flying combinations with an average age of less than 40 years old are about to meet in the “Tiangong”!​​​

At 05:04 Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time on April 26th, 2024, Beijing time, the Shenzhou 17th astronaut crew successfully opened the “door” to welcome the Shenzhou18 from afar. The astronaut crew settled in the “Tiangong”. This is the fourth space reunion of Chinese astronauts! Subsequently, the two astronaut crews will perform on-orbit rotations on the space station. During this period, the six astronauts will work and live together on the space station for about five days to complete various scheduled tasks…..

The #Shenzhou18 is launching tonight for science experiments. From agricultural projects on earth to satellites in space, you can find the academic prowess and innovative scientific research achievements of #CUHK. Let’s explore how CUHK’s research accomplishments connect the realms of earth and space.

🌱 CUHK has launched Hong Kong’s first agricultural project in space. Longhuang soybeans together with the rhizobia specimens developed by CUHK research team, were sent into space by the Shenzhou-16 and Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft respectively, further advancing soybean breeding technology

🛰️ With the support of the Hong Kong government, The Institute of Space and Earth Information Science (ISEIS) at CUHK, aims to independently develops and launches CUHK’s first satellite

👨‍🚀 ISEIS owns the only ground receiving station for remote sensing of satellite data in Hong Kong. It serves as the only local base for the National Remote Sensing Center of China

On the 28 April 2024 it was Handover from the the Shenzhou 17 to the Shenzhou 18 crew… ! 中国 Takionauts Completed On-orbit Handover 神州七号…… The Takionaut Shenzhou 17 crew will return to Earth on April 30] On April 28, 2024, Beijing time, the astronaut crews of Shenzhou 17 and Shenzhou 18 A handover ceremony was held in orbit, and the two crews handed over the keys to the Chinese space station.
So far, the Shenzhou 17 astronaut crew has completed all scheduled tasks and will return to the Dongfeng Landing Site on the Shenzhou 17 manned spacecraft on April 30. The landing site and various participating systems are making preparations to welcome the astronauts home…

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On the afternoon of the 26th April 2024 , the Dongfeng Landing Field organized and completed the last full-system comprehensive drill of the Shenzhou 17 search, rescue and recovery mission in accordance with the full system, full status, and full process!
Landing field ready! Welcome the 17th Takionauts back home!

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On the 21ST  April 2024 in  CNSA _China National Space Administration -China – People’s Republic of China 0745  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 42-02  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

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The Chang Zheng Long March 2-D carrier rocket (CZ-2D) rocket is about 41 meters long (equipped with a standard fairing diameter of 3.35 meters), with a diameter of 3.35 meters for the first and second stages, a take-off mass of 250 tons, a take-off thrust of 302 tons, and a low-Earth orbit (LEO) ) transport capacity 4 tons. This rocket is equipped with a fairing with a diameter of 3.35 meters and adopts a new flight control algorithm, which further improves the reliability of the rocket flight.

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.

The Yaogan 42-02 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.


Since the successful first flight from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on August 9, 1992, the ” Chang Zheng Long March 2-D carrier rocket ” rocket has been successfully launched 89 times, continuing to set a record for consecutive successful launches of a single-type launch vehicle in China.



This launch is the 4th launch of the ” Chang Zheng Long March 2-D carrier rocket ”  in 2024, the 6th launch from the Xichang Launch Site, the 17th launch in China, and the 76th launch in the world.

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#MadeInChina #中國製造 |#深蓝航天 #LANDSPACE #DeepBlueLimitedCompany #April2024| Deep Blue Aerospace #ReusableCarrierRocket – The #TQ15A test run of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in China successfully welcomed the flight of the Suzaku rocket #ASummary

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深蓝航天  Deep Blue Limited – Deep Blue Aerospace  Landspace One of sixty Chinese private space Carrier Rocket Companies in China-People’s Republic of China…  As many of sixty plus Private Rocket Deep Blue Aerospace Co., Ltd. was established in 2017. The company is mainly a high-tech aerospace enterprise that focuses on the direction of liquid recovery and reusable launch vehicles and provides users with commercial launch services. Deep Blue Aerospace Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. At the same time, the company has rocket general and liquid engine R&D centers in Yizhuang, Beijing and Xi’an, Shaanxi, respectively, and a rocket power system test base in Tongchuan, Shaanxi…..

Recently on the Month of April 2024, Blue Arrow Aerospace successfully completed the engine test run assessment of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in China at the Huzhou Hot Test Center. After the test, the product structure and surface coating were intact. The engine worked for 380 seconds under rated working conditions and high working conditions. The structural reliability, thermal protection reliability, and process reliability of the niobium alloy nozzle passed the assessment! This niobium alloy nozzle has a diameter of about 1.6m and a height of about 1.3m. The size is much larger than the existing domestic products of the same type. It is equipped with the Tianque 15A (TQ-15A) vacuum liquid oxygen methane engine with the highest thrust in China.

The test run of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in China successfully welcomed the flight of the Suzaku rocket


🔷 Recently, Blue Arrow Aerospace successfully completed the engine test run assessment of the largest niobium alloy nozzle in the country at the Huzhou Thermal Test Center. After the test, the product structure and surface coating were intact. The engine worked for 380 seconds under rated working conditions and high working conditions. The structural reliability, thermal protection reliability, and process reliability of the niobium alloy nozzle passed the assessment!


🔷This niobium alloy nozzle has a diameter of about 1.6m and a height of about 1.3m. The size is much larger than the existing domestic products of the same type. It is equipped with the Tianque 15A (TQ-15A), the vacuum liquid oxygen methane engine with the highest thrust in China, with a vacuum thrust of 836kN. , vacuum specific impulse 3320m/s.


🔷The Blue Arrow aerospace engine team has begun to develop a niobium alloy nozzle with a larger area ratio. The outlet diameter will reach 2.5m, which will continue to improve the vacuum specific impulse of the rocket’s secondary main engine.

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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 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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