Satellite

China fires missile 10,000km high as US worries over satellite threat

16 May 2013

China launched a large missile on Monday that reached 10,000 km above the earth, its highest sub-orbital launch since 1976, according to a US scientist at Harvard University.

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Pentagon questioned on use of Chinese satellite

1 May 2013

The Pentagon's decision to use a commercial satellite operated by a Hong Kong-based and listed company was questioned by a US lawmaker who said the use of China's Apstar-7 satellite "exposes our...

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Short Science, April 7, 2013

7 Apr 2013

British scientists have used a custom-made 3-D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes, according to findings published in US journal Science.

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Briefs, March 3, 2013

3 Mar 2013

China is looking to increase its share of the global commercial satellite launching business, targeting a 15 per cent share by 2020, a leading space programme official said yesterday.

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Talking points

22 Feb 2013

The National Bureau of Statistics issues its regular report on house prices in 70 major and medium-sizes cities. The State Council told local authorities on Wednesday to "decisively" curb real...

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Briefs, February 1, 2013

1 Feb 2013

Pakistan has approved a deal transferring from Singapore to China the management of the strategically located deep-sea Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

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Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Seoul joins the global space club as it puts first satellite into orbit

The 140-tonne Korea Space Launch Vehicle blasted off from the Naro Space Centre in Goheung county on the south coast, reaching its target altitude nine minutes later and deploying its payload...

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Middle Kingdom in a race for the centre

At this stage of China's history there is something wonderfully resonant about Beijing's determination to acquire a satellite-based navigation system with its Beidou programme.

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Controversial Turkish satellite launch caps year for China's space programme

China successfully put a controversial Turkish spy satellite into orbit yesterday, capping off an intense, failure-free year for the Chinese space programme that also saw its first manual space...

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Briefs, December 19, 2012

Malaysia's maritime agency has come to the rescue of 40 Myanmar shipwreck survivors, thought to be Muslim Rohingya fleeing ethnic violence. It said the survivors of a wreck off the Myanmar coast...

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Briefs, December 10, 2012

Russian satellite fails to reach correct orbit

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AEROSPACE

Seoul readies rocket to join China, Japan in space club

South Korea hopes to launch a satellite into space on Friday in its third attempt to join an elite club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India. After two previous failures in 2009 and...

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