China in space : the great leap forward /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harvey, Brian, 1953- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Chichester, UK : Springer ; Published in association with Praxis Publishing, [2019]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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505 0 |a Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Author's Introduction; 1: The far side of the Moon; Chang e 4; Chang e 4 science; Relay satellite Queqiao; Chang e 4's mission; Building a space station; Rehearsal for the space station: Tiangong 2 laboratory; Rehearsal for the space station: Shenzhou 11 manned mission; Rehearsal for the space station: Tianzhou freighter; The space station; CSS science; Conclusions: the far side of the Moon; References; 2: Medieval rockets to first satellites; Tsien Hsue Shen; First satellite: Dong Fang Hong; Second satellite: Shijian; 'No space race' 
505 8 |a Third satellite: Ji Shu Shiyan Weixing mysteryFSW: recovering satellites from orbit; Epilogue: Tsien Hsue Shen; References; 3: New rockets, launch sites and ships; Launchers; Long March 2 (CZ-2); Long March 3 (CZ-3); Long March 4 (CZ-4); Long March 5 (CZ-5); Long March 6 (CZ-6); Long March 7 (CZ-7); Long March 8 (CZ-8); Long March 9 (CZ-9); Small launchers: Kaituozhe, Kaizhou, Long March CZ-11; Chinese spaceplanes, shuttle; Sounding rockets; Reliability; Rocket engines; Launch sites; Jiuquan; Xi Chang; Taiyuan; Wenchang; Military sites; Tracking; Comships; Designers, bureaus and architecture 
505 8 |a TestingInternational; Conclusions: rockets, launch sites and ships; References; 4: Science and technology; Space science in the FSW program; The seeds mission: Shijian 8; Shijian 10; Early Shijian scientific missions; Shijian 9; Shijian 13; Shijian 18; Sun and Earth: Tan Ce (Doublestar); Scientific equipment on applications missions; The Roadmap: space science a priority at last; DAMPE/Wukong; Quantum/QUESS/Micius; XPNav: navigating deep space by the beams of pulsars; Tansat carbon observatory; HXMT Huiyan; Zhangheng ESSEM/CSES Earthquake satellite; Future missions: first phase 
505 8 |a Future missions: second phaseCollaborative missions: SMILE, SVOM, CFOS; Further ahead...; Conclusions: science and technology; References; 5: Communications; Project 331; First communications satellites; Dong Fang Hong 2A, 3; Military communications: Fenghuo and Shentong; Commercialization; Cox; Love-hate; ITAR broken; China's satellite companies; Dong Fang Hong 4; Dong Fang Hong 5; The constellations: Hongyun, Hongyan; Tiantong and Ling Qiao; Conclusions: communications; References; 6: Applications and military; Polar weather satellites (Fengyun 1, 3) 
505 8 |a From weather satellite to anti-satelliteFengyun 3; Geosynchronous weather satellites: Fengyun 2, 4; Fengyun 4; Earth resources; Ziyuan and Dragon; CBERS; Huanjing; Shiyan Weixing; Mapping: Tianhui; Oceans: Haiyang; Gaofen: from the submeter era to attacking parasites; Jilin: commercial imaging; Zhuhai constellation; Gaojing Superview; Tiankun; Navigation; Beidou; Data relays: Tianlian; Military observations: Yaogan; Other military: the Shijians (6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17); Shijian 7; Shijian 11; Shijian 12; Shijian 15; Shijian 16; Shijian 17; Microsatellites: smaller and smaller, more and more 
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