AEROSPACE , VOL.12 NO .3 Published Quarterly

Edi torial Board SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Analysis of CHARTER Applied for Yushu Earthquake Relief ...... 02 President: Ma Xi ngrui , President of CASC DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION Vice Presid ents: Hu Zhongmin, Wang Yiran Chang'e 2 Satellite Arrived at L2 to Explore Deep Space beyond the Moon ...... 06 Members: Li Feng, Sun Weigang, Gong Bo, Lu Yu, Liu Qiang LAUNCH VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY

First Systematic Testing Platfonn for Pressurization Feed System Editorial Department Developed for Liquid Rocket Propellant in Chin a...... 08 Flight Record of the Long March Seri es of Launch Veh icles ...... 09 Editor in Chi ef: He Ying Ed itorial Consultant: Patrick Carroll INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND COOPERATION Editors: Chen Xiaoli, Liu lie, Chinese Scientists Contri bute to theAMS Program ...... 11 Ren Shu fang, Sun Qing China Exported Space Environment Simulator to Russia ...... 1 4 Address: Room 1017, No.1 6 Fuchcng Rd., The 4th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology Held in Shanghai ...... 15 Beij ing 100048, PR China CGWIC Blueprint in Five Years...... 16 c: Tel: (86-10)6876742 1-214 E Fax: (86-10)68767202 INSTITUTION OF CASC 5"

Aerospace China NEWS IN BRIEF Sponsored by China Aerospace Scicnce = IA Launched into Orbit ...... 19 ::. and Technology Corporation, and published SJ- l l (04) Failed to Enter Preset Orbit...... 19 by National Aerospace Info m1ation Center HY-2 Satellite Flew to Space ...... 19 of China. China Launched COlmnunications Satelli te for Pakistan ...... 20 SJ -1 1 (02) Was Sent into Space...... 20 Aerospace China China Successfully Completed the Maiden Demonstration of the 2m 3-Stage Solid Booster Engine ...... 21 Published fo ur times a year in Spring, TIle 9th Satellite Joined Beidou Satellite Navigation System ..... 21 Summer, Autumn and Winter, a nnual Tianlian t(02) Launched to Serve the Upcoming Docking Mission ...... 22 subscription US$150. SJ -11(03) Satellite Launched into Space ...... 22 Articles and information contained in ChinaSat 10 Will Provide Sen·ice...... 23 this publication are the copyright of the Chi na's Mars Exploration .\'Ii ssion '\lade Several Breakthroughs ...... 24 publisher and may not be reproduced in any System Solution of Robotic Ann for China's Space Station Passed Evaluation ...... 24 form without the written permission of the publisher. COVER

PAKSAT-IR Flying to Space ...... Front Cover LM-3B Waiting for Launch...... Back Cover