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China Moon Mission Chang'e-1 In Good Condition
Beijing (XNA) Oct 28, 2007All the systems of China's lunar probe Chang'e-1 are in good conditions with the high energy solar particle detector and the low energy ion detector functioning properly on Saturday, according to the moon probe team. The Chang'e-1, China's first moon orbiter, is currently moving on a 24-hour orbit with an apogee of 70,000 kilometers after it entered the orbit following its second orbital t ... more China Says US Missile Shield Threatens Global Stability 
Harbin, China (RIA Novosti) Oct 29, 2007The placement of U.S. missile defenses in Europe will not ease global security concerns but will undermine the global strategic balance, the Chinese foreign minister said Wednesday. Washington insists that the deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and a missile interceptor base in Poland will protect the U.S. and its NATO allies from potential missile attacks coming from Iran or North Kore ... more Japan warns Chinese activists heading to disputed islands 
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 28, 2007Japan's Coast Guard Sunday dispatched patrol ships and aircraft after spotting a boat carrying Chinese activists to a group of disputed islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. "We have spotted a boat near the Japanese territorial sea on the western side of the islands," said a coast guard official based in the southern Japanese island chain of Okinawa. The Coast Guard sent patrol shi ... more Chinese media trumpet space launch 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2007China's rise as a space power poses no threat to the rest of the world, official media said Thursday, as it celebrated the successful start of the nation's efforts to send a man to the moon. "The country has long before made clear that its space programmes are for peaceful purposes," said an editorial in the English-language China Daily, a newspaper used by the government to express its view ... more China's Lunar Orbiter, The Story Behind "Moon Lady" Chang'e 
Xichang, China (XNA) Oct 25, 2007China's first moon orbiter which is likely to be launched at around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday from a southwest launch center, has been named after "moon lady" Chang'e, a mythical Chinese goddess who flew to the moon. Chang'e and her husband Hou Yi, an outstanding archer, are the subjects of one of the most popular of Chinese mythological legends. According to one version of the story, Chang'e was the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2007Asia's space race heated up on Wednesday as China launched its first lunar orbiter, an event hailed in the world's most populous nation as a milestone event in its global rise. China's year-long expedition, costing 1.4 billion yuan (184 million dollars), kicks off a programme that aims to land an unmanned rover on the moon's surface by 2012 and put a man on the moon by about 2020. The la ... more Chang'e-1 - New Mission To Moon Lifts Off 
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 25, 2007A bold new mission to the Moon was launched today by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA). Chang'e-1 blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, Sichuan, atop a Long March 3A rocket. Chang'e-1 represents the first step in the Chinese ambition to land robotic explorers on the Moon before 2020. Chang'e-1 has four mission goals to accomplish. The first is to make three-dimensi ... more China's Lunar Probe Chief Commander: Scientific Exploration, Not Competition 
Xichang, China (XNA) Oct 25, 2007China will not embark on any lunar probe competition "in any form with any country" and will "share the results of its moon exploration with the whole world" in its pursuit of a policy of peaceful use of airspace, said a chief commander of the country's first lunar satellite project. "The decision on the lunar probe was made completely in accordance with China's own conditions, which is not mean ... more Factbox on China's lunar programme 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 24, 2007China on Wednesday launched the Chang'e I satellite, the nation's first lunar orbiter, which will photograph and map the moon's surface. Here are some key facts about the mission and China's lunar programme: -- Satellite launched aboard a Long March 3A rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province. -- During the one-year mission the satellite ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2007Uncertainty over China's future strategic goals is pervasive in policy circles today. But while China's growing influence has profound consequences for the international system, understanding the ideas embraced by China's leadership about its foreign policy goals is essential to predicting future Chinese intentions. So concludes new research by political scientist Jeffrey W. Legro (University of ... more China plans to launch first moon orbiter on Wednesday 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2007China, which plans one day to send a human to the moon, said it expected to launch its first lunar orbiter on Wednesday, state media reported, quoting the country's space agency. The launch of the Chang'e I rocket and orbiter will likely take place on Wednesday at 6:00 pm (1000 GMT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency rep ... more China Likely To Launch First Moon Orbiter At 6pm On Oct 24th 
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 23, 2007China is planning to launch its first moon orbiter at around 6 p.m. on October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. "The satellite will be launched between October 24 and 26 and our first choice is around 6 p.m. on October 24," a spokesman for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said. The circumlunar satellite, which has been named Chang'e I after the legen ... more Taiwan denies US may sell cruise missiles 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 22, 2007The defence minister on Monday denied a report that the United States may sell Tomahawk cruise missiles to Taiwan in a bid to control arms development in the island. Taiwan Defence Minister Lee Tien-yu said he "has not heard of such a possible arms sale as reported," while replying to a query raised by an opposition lawmaker. A military source told the Taipei-based China Times that "Wash ... more
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