The name was announced by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)Tuesday, China's Space Day. [Photo/Xinhua] HARBIN - The relay satellite for the Chang'e 4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named Queqiao - magpie bridge. The name was announced by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)Tuesday, China's Space Day. In a Chinese folktale, magpies form a bridge with their wings on the seventh night of the seventh month of the lunar calendar to enable Zhi Nu, the seventh daughter of the Goddess of Heaven, to cross and meet her beloved husband, separated from her by the Milky Way. Together with the relay satellite, two microsatellites, developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology, will also be sent into orbit. The two microsatellites were named Longjiang 1 and Longjiang 2. Work on the Chang'e 4 lunar probe is progressing well, said Li Guoping, a spokesman of CNSA. Chang'e 4 will carry payloads for Germany, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Sweden, The far side of the mood is of great scientific interest, but landing there requires a relay satellite to transmit signals. The relay satellite will be sent into the halo orbit of the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point L2 in late May, and the Chang'e 4 lunar lander and rover will be sent to the Aitken Basin of the south pole region of the Moon about six months later. personality braceletsdebossed silicone braceletssilicone wristbands onlinecool bracelets to make with rubber bandsdebossed wristband
BEIJING -- The third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will be held from Feb 26 to 28 in Beijing, according to a decision made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Saturday.Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.At the meeting, the Political Bureau discussed a list of proposed candidates for state leadership positions that will be recommended to the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) and a proposed candidate list for the leadership of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, which will be recommended to the upcoming first session of the 13th CPPCC National Committee in March.The lists will be further deliberated at the CPC Central Committee's third plenary session.
