Solar Spacecraft China

China launches its first solar observation satellite

A Long March-2D rocket carrying China''s first solar exploration satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China''s Shanxi province, Oct 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] After landing probes on the lunar and Martian surfaces, China has begun to set its exploratory sights on the core of our solar system－the sun.

China mulls sending spacecraft to edge of solar system

Chinese scientists are evaluating the feasibility of a project to send spacecraft to the edge of the solar system, said Wu Weiren, chief designer of China''s lunar exploration program. According to ...

Mengzhou (spacecraft)

On the Chinese Lantern Festival (Feb. 24, 2024), a traditional holiday that celebrates family reunion and ancestral worship, China unveiled the official names of its new vehicles for its future crewed lunar exploration missions. The crewed spacecraft is called Mengzhou (Chinese: ; pinyin: mèng zhōu), meaning "Dream Vessel", which indicates the role of …

China''s Space Program: A 2021 Perspective

Last October, China successfully sent solar exploration satellite Xihe into space, marking a new era of solar exploration. How has the data feedback from Xihe …

China''s Chang''e-6 moon mission returns to Earth with historic far …

China''s Chang''e-6 moon mission returns to Earth with ...

China to launch a pair of spacecraft towards the edge …

The two 2024 Chinese missions would become the sixth and seventh spacecraft to achieve solar system escape velocity, following NASA''s Pioneer 10 and 11, Voyagers 1 and 2, and New Horizons.

Chinese space program

OverviewHistoryChinese space program and the international communityOrganizationNotable spaceflight programsList of launchers and projectsSee also

The Chinese space program began in the form of missile research in the 1950s. After its birth in 1949, the newly founded People''s Republic of China was in pursuit of missile technology to build up the nation''s defense for the Cold War. In 1955, Qian Xuesen (), the world-class rocketry scientist, returned to China from the United States. In 1956, Qian submitted a proposal for the developme…

China''s secretive space plane caught on camera in orbit (photos)

China''s mysterious space plane has been caught on camera by a satellite watcher who snagged new ... The two solar panels that can be seen at the end aren''t visible on any of the computer ...

China''s mysterious spaceplane returns to Earth — what we know

China''s mysterious spaceplane returns to Earth — what we ...

Solar Sail in Earth Orbit Is Big Breakthrough for China

has successfully verified a number of key technologies in orbit, a big breakthrough in China''s solar sail development. ... On July 20, 2001, Cosmos-1, the world''s first solar sail spacecraft, was launched from a Russian nuclear submarine. Other the ...

China''s plans for outer Solar System exploration

China has been busy exploring the inner Solar System in recent years. Their first independent interplanetary mission, Tianwen-1, launched for Mars in 2020.Tianwen-2 is in development, and will launch in 2025 to target a near-Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. ...

China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 16 spacecraft …

China''s next crew of three astronauts is all set to launch for the country''s Tiangong space station tonight (May 29) on a Long March 2F rocket and you can watch it live. Chinese astronauts Gui ...

China aims to construct first Space Solar Power Station in 2028

China reached a milestone with advancing efforts to build a solar power station in space in 2028, aiming to convert sunlight in outer space into electrical supply to drive the satellites in orbits or transmit power back to the Earth, according to China''s spacecraft maker China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).

China''s plans for outer Solar System exploration

China has been busy exploring the inner Solar System in recent years. Their first independent interplanetary mission, Tianwen-1, launched for Mars in 2020. Tianwen-2 is in development, and will launch in 2025 to target a near-Earth asteroid and a main belt comet.

Space-based solar power may be one step closer to reality, …

A first-of-its-kind lab demonstration shows how solar power transmission from space could work. CASSIOPeiA would be placed in geostationary orbit, a path about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers ...

China''s Tianwen-1 Mars probe captures epic video of Red Planet during orbital arrival

China has released epic video footage from the Tianwen-1 spacecraft as it made a close approach to Mars this week. Another Mars view from China''s Tianwen-1 orbiter taken as it entered orbit around ...

China to use space station to test space-based solar power

HELSINKI — China intends to use its newly-completed Tiangong space station to test key technologies required for space-based polar power, according to a …

China is hatching a plan to find Earth 2.0

China is planning its first space mission to survey the skies for exoplanets similar to Kepler-186f, an Earth-size planet orbiting a distant star (artist''s impression). Credit: NASA Ames/JPL ...

The View of Micropropulsion Technology for China''s Advanced …

As the Chinese spacecraft approaches the solar system boundary, it will release two small satellites, one of which will have an electric sail. As is shown in Figure 14, the electric sail has many long and thin wires or so-called tethers, extending from its center.

Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter

China''s Space Program: A 2021 Perspective

In the next five years, China will continue with the research and development of programs such as the satellite for space gravitational wave detection, the …

On-orbit Space Technology Experiment and Verification Project Outlook of China…

On-orbit Space Technology Experiment and Verification ...

Solar Physics Group

Chinese H α Solar Explorer (CHASE) mission The Chinese H α; Solar Explorer (CHASE) was successfully launched on October 14, 2021 as the first solar space mission of China National Space Administration (CNSA). The CHASE mission was jointly proposed and developed by Nanjing University, the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight …

China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft

Foundation of China has outlined a five-year project for researchers to study the assembly of ultra-large spacecraft. ... Space-based solar power test: China''s Aerospace Info Research Institute ...

China''s Space Program: A 2021 Perspective

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The State Council Information Office of the People''s Republic of China published a white paper titled "China''s Space Program: A 2021 Perspective" on Friday. Following is the full text of the white paper: China''s Space Program: A 2021

China looks to outer Solar System with nuclear Neptune orbiter

China meanwhile launched its first interplanetary mission, Tianwen-1, in July 2020, placing a spacecraft in orbit around Mars and a solar-powered rover on its surface. There are reasons why ventures into the outer system are few and far between, and why the ice giants of Uranus and Neptune have yet to have anything other than passing …