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China’s Space Station Ambition

Shayne Heffernan Ph.D.
Last updated: April 29, 2021 3:02 pm
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The construction of China’s own space station is underway, with the core module Tianhe, which means “heavenly harmony,” sent into space Thursday, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of 2022.

Tianhe was carried into space by a Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of south China’s Hainan Province. It is the first of 11 missions to build and supply the space station.

CGTN:Tianhe lifts off China's space station ambition
CGTN:Tianhe lifts off China’s space station ambition

Tianhe will act as the foundational module for China’s first space station in low-Earth orbit named Tiangong, which means “heavenly palace” in Chinese.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory message Thursday that the successful launch of the core module Tianhe means that China’s space station construction has entered the full implementation stage, which lays a solid foundation for follow-up tasks.

Building a space station and national space laboratory is an important goal of the three-step strategy of China’s manned space program, and an important leading project to boost the country’s strength in science and technology, as well as in space, Xi said in the message.

He called on all members who participated in the mission to be self-reliant and innovative, to win the overall victory of the space station construction mission, and to make new and greater contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country.

An open platform

China’s new space station will not just be for Chinese scientists. Foreign astronauts and global cooperation on scientific experiments are most welcome in China’s space station, Hao Chun, the director of China Manned Space Engineering Office, said in an exclusive interview with CGTN.

“China and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs carried out cooperation on applications concerning the use of China’s space station. We signed an agreement,” said Hao.

So far, a total of nine projects proposed by 17 countries including France, Germany and Italy have been selected for the first round of experiments to be conducted in the new space lab.

“In the future, there will surely be foreign astronauts participating in China’s space flight, working and living on our space station. In addition, some foreign astronauts are already participating in Chinese flights and are already learning Chinese,” said the director.

Build an aerospace power

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, has personally directed the implementation of major aerospace projects, and promoted China’s steady progress to become an aerospace power.

“Exploring the vast universe, developing space programs and becoming an aerospace power have always been the dream we’ve been striving for,” Xi said in an instruction on China’s first Space Day on April 24, 2016.

In 2020, China’s space industry has produced remarkable achievements: China successfully put into orbit its final Beidou satellite on June 23; an unmanned probe to Mars was sent into space on July 23; an uncrewed mission called Chang’e-5 with the aim of collecting lunar material was launched on November 24 and China successfully landed the Chang’e-5 probe on the moon’s surface on December 1.

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Shayne Heffernan Ph.D. Economist at Knightsbridge holds a Ph.D. in Economics and brings with him over 40 years of trading experience in Asia and hands on experience in Venture Capital, he has been involved in several start ups that have seen market capitalization over $500m and 1 that reach a peak market cap of $15b. He has managed and overseen start ups in Crypto, Mining, Shipping, Technology and Financial Services.
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