BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China.
CHANG’E-6 DOCKING
The ascender of China’s Chang’e-6 probe successfully rendezvoused and docked with the probe’s orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit at 2:48 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced.
The container carrying the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon had been transferred from the ascender to the returner safely by 3:24 p.m., the CNSA said.
COMMERCIAL ROCKET LAUNCH
China on Thursday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending three satellites into planned orbit.
The commercial rocket blasted off at 1:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, carrying the TEE-01B satellite and two other satellites.
AC311A HELICOPTER
China’s independently-developed AC311A civil helicopter has successfully completed a major plateau sling-load flight test in Lhasa, in the southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
The light helicopter recently underwent this sling-load operation flight test by slinging freight weighing 325 kilograms at a general airport at an altitude of 3,680 meters in Lhasa, said the AVIC, the country’s leading aircraft manufacturer.
