by David Todd | Dec 16, 2013 | China, exploration, Science, Seradata News, Technology
At 1311 GMT on 14 December, China’s space programme managed to land its first rover exploration vehicle on another body when its Chang’e 3 lander touched down on the Moon. Following a breaking burn to reduce the velocity of the craft from 1.7km/s to...
by David Todd | Dec 13, 2013 | China, Satellites, Technology
The UK space industry got an £80 million boost from the UK government in December as part of a new £455 million, five-year package within the government’s autumn budget revision to fund bilateral science-based deals with emerging market economies including China and...
by David Todd | Dec 9, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites
The Zi Yuan 1-3 Earth imaging satellite, a satellite in the Sino-Brazilian CBERS (China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite) series and alternatively named CBERS 3, has been lost on a launch by a Long March 4B launch vehicle flying from the Taiyuan launch site in...
by David Todd | Dec 6, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, Seradata News
The Chang’e 3 lunar lander and rover entered lunar orbit on 6 December. However, there has been some blowback in China about the Long March launch that carried it into space on 1 December. Specifically, parts of the rocket are reported to have hit the village...
by David Todd | Dec 3, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, Satellites
While a framework contract had been signed between China Great Wall Industries Corp (CGWIC) and the Hong Kong-based satelilte operator APT, CGWIC fomally announced on 22 November 2013 that it had been selected by APT Satellite Company Limited to manufacture and...
by David Todd | Dec 2, 2013 | China, commercial launch services, Seradata News
China has successfully launched its Chang’e 3 lunar rover mission at 1730 GMT on 1 December 2013 using a Long March 3B/3 from the Xichang launch site in China. In doing so, China became only the third nation to have launched wheeled vehicles to the Moon after...
