The two satellites, in orbit since May, are now actively monitoring the South Atlantic Anomaly in a groundbreaking project carried out jointly by Macao and mainland China.
China National Space Administration
Satellites jointly developed between Macao and mainland China have been successfully launched in a programme that will give a boost to aerospace development in the GBA.
University plans to support satellite’s educational activities aimed at young people in GBA and on both sides of Taiwan Strait.
A Chinese space probe left the surface of the Moon on Thursday to return to Earth, an ambitious effort to bring back the world’s first lunar samples in four decades.
It was announced on Sunday that Macao’s first space exploration satellite was named Macao Science 1.
Macau’s first satellite, slated for a 2020 launch, is another “successful exemplification” of the strengths of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle in Macau.
