China to the Moon - Chang'e 1 and 2, Chinese unmanned lunar orbiters |
China to the Moon - Chang'e 1 and 2, Chinese unmanned lunar orbiters |
Aug 24 2006, 05:03 PM
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Lunar Programme To Be Open To World
Although China is still in the "initial stage" in tapping the moon and outer space when compared with the United States, Russia and Europe, the nation is catching up, Luan said. http://www.spacedaily.com/dragonspace.html The first phase of the Chang'e Project was solely accomplished by China through its own technology, products and designs, said Luan, former director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). However, lunar scientists from Europe, the United States and Russia have expressed their willingness to co-operate with China in its research of the moon and deep space exploration, he said. Chinese scientists are assembling, integrating and testing to ensure that the mission of the nation's first lunar explorer, Chang'e-1, goes smoothly, a top space official said yesterday. http://english.people.com.cn/200607/26/eng...726_286707.html "Fundamental development has been achieved in all five related systems ranging from the satellite, the rocket, tracking and control, ground applications and the launch centre since it was approved two years ago," said Sun Laiyan, head of the China National Space Administration. The lunar orbiter is scheduled to blast off next year from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sun said at the ongoing eighth International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) Conference in Beijing. The spacecraft will be 2350 kilograms in weight. According to the plan, the program will go through four phases. 1. Send a satellite to orbit the Moon 2. Conduct exploration on the surface of the moon through the soft landing of a detector. 3. Collect Moon surface samples using a robot, which will then return to the Earth. 4. Manned missions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_program According to the schedule, detailed program design of the first step will be completed by September 2004. Research and development of a prototype probe and relevant testing of the probe will be finished before the end of 2005. Design, manufacture, general assembly, test and ground experiments of the lunar probe satellite will be finished before December 2006. In 2007 the Chang'e 1 will blast off. |
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Oct 14 2007, 04:05 PM
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Oct 15 2007, 01:44 AM
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Thanks for the info, Yao.
Gee, that's sure not much time to arrange travel & find accomodations, though; hopefully there are a lot of hotels nearby & good transportation available to the site. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 15 2007, 10:19 PM
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Does the China Agency Space follow same rules as the NASA for launching rockets? No cloudy, no much winds, and so forth
However, I have checked the weather forecast for Xichang city up to October 25. From now up to Oct 25, there will be showers and light rain. The precipitation chance does not lower than 60% for all these days. 10-Day Business Travel Forecast for Xichang, China. |
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Oct 16 2007, 09:55 PM
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Oct 17 2007, 05:00 AM
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Does the China Agency Space follow same rules as the NASA for launching rockets? No cloudy, no much winds, and so forth However, I have checked the weather forecast for Xichang city up to October 25. From now up to Oct 25, there will be showers and light rain. The precipitation chance does not lower than 60% for all these days. 10-Day Business Travel Forecast for Xichang, China. The space center is located 45 km northeast to Xichang city, however. |
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Oct 22 2007, 04:58 PM
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Oct 24 2007, 03:25 AM
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I have arrived in Xichang city at 2007-10-24 08:02 CST (2007-10-24 00:02 UTC) this morning, and will take bus to the satellite launch center at noon.
It was raining lightly here this morning, but now the sun is shining. Hope it launch on time. |
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Oct 24 2007, 04:50 AM
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It would be good if you can blog the launch. The things that go on in a Chinese launch would be interesting to hear about in comparison to other launches.
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Oct 24 2007, 09:24 AM
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China's CCTV-9 channel is broadcasting live
http://www.cctv.com/english/index.shtml -------------------- _______________________
www.astrosurf.com/nunes |
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Oct 24 2007, 09:50 AM
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Oct 24 2007, 10:20 AM
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FLASH: CHINA'S LUNAR PROBE CHANG'E-1 BLASTS OFF
China launched its first lunar probe on Wednesday, first step into its ambitious three-stage moon mission, marking a new milestone in the country´s space exploration history. According to Xinhua Congratulations China!!! -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Oct 24 2007, 10:31 AM
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I'm watching via satellite :-) So far so good, nice 3d rendered real time animation of the probe as is flies over the tracking stations and ships. The probe has now separated from the booster and all seems ok! The animations show telemetry exchanges from and to the probe from tracking ships over the Pacific, and the probe doing course corrections.
Low earth orbit is achieved! -------------------- _______________________
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Oct 24 2007, 10:33 AM
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First image of the launch!
Full video of the launch can be seen here Full video of the launch is now avaiable... -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Oct 24 2007, 10:52 AM
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The spacecraft is now in a high earth orbit in preparation for subsequnet trans-lunar engine firings....
Xinhua says: "The Chang'e-1 moon orbiter has entered into a 16-hour orbit at 205 km perigee and 50,930 km apogee, statistics from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) shows. The 2,300-kg satellite will experience four accelerations and is expected to enter earth-moon transfer orbit on Oct. 31 and arrive in the moon's orbit on Nov. 5. " |
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Oct 24 2007, 10:58 AM
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Congratulations to the People's Republic of China!
Why do I have this funny feeling that this is just the beggining of something extraordinary?... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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