China Space Military：Recon, Satcom, Navi, ASAT/BMD, Orbital Vehicle, SLV, etc.

Deino · Apr 20, 2018

clarkgap said:
http://als.nmgnews.com.cn/system/2014/08/17/011518856.shtml
Airship Base

Indeed: Airship base in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region

see also:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2014-11/14/content_18939503.htm

Deino · Apr 22, 2018

cirr said:
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However, that silver thing is Lockheed Martin's design

https://www.mitre.org/publications/project-stories/12-miles-high-an-integrated-airshipradar-is-on-the-horizon
https://www.mitre.org/sites/default/files/images/integrated-radar-airship-darpa1.jpg

JSCh · Apr 24, 2018

JSCh said:
200 days is up !!! They will be "back to earth" shortly after handover to new batch of volunteer.

200 days on "moon": China life support lab breaks record
Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-26 14:06:33|Editor: Jiaxin

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two men and two women volunteered and spent 200 days in a simulated space lab in Beijing, setting a world record for the longest stay in a self-contained "cabin."

The biomedicine students from Beihang University, the second group of volunteers staying in Yuegong-1, also known as Lunar Palace 1, completed the second phase of its 365-day on-ground experiment Friday.

The first group of volunteers, who had previously stayed in the cabin for 60 days, re-entered the cabin Friday to the replace the second group, starting the third and final phase which will last 105 days.

The experiment was designed to see how the Bioregenerative Life Support System (BLSS), in which animals, plants and microorganisms co-exist, works in a lunar environment, as well as the physical and mental conditions of humans in such an environment.

Water and food can be recycled within the system, creating an Earth-like environment.

A successful 105-day trial was conducted in 2014.

Liu Hong, chief designer of Yuegong-1, said the purpose of the new program was to test the stability of the BLSS when "astronauts" take turns living in the cabin.

"The longer-than-ever stage, during which time three unexpected blackouts happened, has challenged the system as well as the psychological status of the volunteers, but they withstood the test," Liu said.

The stage has broken the record set by an experiment of the former Soviet Union, in which three people stayed for 180 days in a similar closed ecosystem in the early 1970s.

Lunar Palace 1 opens to public to mark China Space Day
China Plus Published: 2018-04-24 09:39:51

A look inside a cabin of Lunar Palace 1 that grows plants. [Photo: China Plus]

This Tuesday is marking China's third Space Day.

To mark the occasion, "Lunar Palace 1," a bioregenerative life support system at Beihang University in Beijing, opened to the public during the weekend.

Our reporter XYee has more.

A main goal of "Lunar Palace 1" is to explore how a space mission could be totally self-sustaining over a long period of time.

"Lunar Palace" includes two separate cabins specially for growing plants.

And a third includes 4 bedrooms, a bathroom, a sitting room, a waste-treatment room and a room for raising insects.

Du Yao, who is taking part in the project, says 8 volunteers need to live in the closed "Lunar Palace 1" with no input for 365 days in three batches.

"Currently, oxygen and water are 100% self-supplied in Lunar Palace 1. 80% of the food is self-supplied. Certian seasonings like salt, oil and sugar are imported from the outside."

Du Yao says the volunteers harvest grain, vegetables and fruit, while an inedible material has been used to raise mealworms as a source of protein.

Human waste, food residue and other byproducts are treated by bio-techniques and used to help with plant cultivation.

Those visiting "Lunar Palace 1" this past weekend were in awe of what the volunteers have been able to accomplish.

"I can't imagine so many plants can be cultivated there."

"It's very difficult to for a closed ecosystem with people there to sustain. It's amazing that Lunar Palace 1 is so sophisticated and volunteers can live there for such a long time."

"The waste treatment process is pretty good. All the nutrition the plants need can be extracted from this process. "

"365 days being cut from the outside world, it's hard to imagine."

The 500-cubic meter module is China's first and the world's third bio-regenerative life support base.

Experts say it plays a significant role in the Chinese Space Program, as it is providing insight into a potential manned outpost on the moon, as well as future manned missions to mars.

Liu Hong is one of the leaders of the "Lunar Palace 1" project.

"Currently, the experiment stays on the earth. It's just a closed system, without considering the different gravity and radioactivity in space. In the following step, we will work on mini Bioregenerative life support system in space stations, the moon probe or maybe Mars probe."

The current experiment started in May of last year.

The first four volunteers lived inside for 60 days, the second four for 200 days.

The original 4 are now inside for 105 days.

They're due to be released from their self-imposed captivity next month.

For CRI, this is XYee.

LKJ86 · Apr 24, 2018

JSCh · Apr 24, 2018

China’s third 'Space Day': Jilin-1 satellite leads 'Belt and Road' Initiative from space
CGTN
Published on Apr 23, 2018

April 24, 2018, marks China’s third “Space Day”. Jilin-1, China’s first commercial remote sensing satellite captures images of major cities from countries along the “Belt and Road” routes.

JSCh · Apr 25, 2018

JSCh said:
中国航天科技集团
 今天 12:08 来自 iPhone客户端
3月31日11点22分，在太原卫星发射中心，长征四号丙运载火箭托举高分一号02、03、04星发射升空。随后，三颗卫星准确进入预定轨道，发射任务取得圆满成功。

China Aerospace Science and Technology Group
Today 12:08
At 11:22 on March 31, at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, the Long March 4C carrier rocket lifted the Gaofen-1 02, 03, and 04 satellites. Subsequently, the three satellites accurately entered the preset orbit and the launch mission is a complete success.

China's high-definition imaging satellites send back initial images
CGTN
Published on Apr 24, 2018

On Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources released the initial images sent by the Gaofen-1 satellites. The three Gaofen-1’s are different from previous imaging satellites because they are customized to support the actual needs of the Ministry of Natural Resources.