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Qianfan (Chinese: 千帆星座; pinyin: Qiānfān xīngzuò; lit. 'Thousand Sails Constellation'), [1] officially known as the Spacesail Constellation [2] and also referred to as G60 Starlink, [3] is a planned Chinese low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage.
Pujiang-1, also known as PJ-1, is a Chinese technology demonstration satellite [1] designed to promote the construction of smart cities in China. [4] PJ-1 also monitors weather, traffic and population density of a city. It is the first Chinese satellite that uses 3D printing for the titanium structure of its antenna. [5]
By the 1980s, China's TT&C network (Chinese: [航天测控网; pinyin: hángtiān cèkòng wǎng) consisted of two command and control (C2) centers: the Xi'an Satellite Control (XSCC) and Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center (BACC), supported by six ground stations: Changchun, Lingshui, Kashgar, Nanning, Weinan, Xiamen, and a series of Yuan ...
Daqi-1 or Atmospheric Environment Monitoring Satellite is a Chinese satellite which was launched on 15 April 2022 to study the atmosphere of the Earth. [1] Its Aerosol and Carbon Detection Lidar (ACDL) instrument was thought to be the most likely cause of a green laser light display observed over Hawaii on 28 January 2023 by the Subaru Telescope, although initially thought to be from a remote ...
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Nevertheless, this was the first time China performed remote maintenance on a satellite. Following this success, the Xi'an Satellite Control Center, the superior office of Jiangyin, broadcast the launch of the telecommunications satellite Dong Fang Hong 3-2 on 12 May 1997, as well as the launch of the weather satellite Fengyun 2.
Kuaizhou 11 Y2 carrier rocket pre-launch Kuaizhou 1A Y6 on the transporter erector launcher prior to launch, 12 May 2020. The rocket series is based on CASIC's Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) and BMD mid-course interceptor rockets, in particular the DF-21 Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) (another Chinese rocket that was based on DF-21 was the Kaituozhe-1).
Dong Fang Hong 1 (simplified Chinese: 东方红一号; traditional Chinese: 東方紅一號; pinyin: Dōngfānghóng Yīhào; lit. 'The East is Red no.1'), in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1 , [ 3 ] was the first space satellite of the People's Republic of China (PRC), launched successfully on 24 April 1970 as part of the PRC's ...