Space Program SJ-10 of Microgravity Research

SJ-10 program provides a mission of space microgravity experiments including both fields of microgravity science and space life science aboard the 24th recoverable satellite of China. Scientific purpose of the program is to promote the scientific research in the space microgravity environment by ope...

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Published in:Microgravity science and technology 2014-10, Vol.26 (3), p.159-169
Main Authors: Hu, W. R., Zhao, J. F., Long, M., Zhang, X. W., Liu, Q. S., Hou, M. Y., Kang, Q., Wang, Y. R., Xu, S. H., Kong, W. J., Zhang, H., Wang, S. F., Sun, Y. Q., Hang, H. Y., Huang, Y. P., Cai, W. M., Zhao, Y., Dai, J. W., Zheng, H. Q., Duan, E. K., Wang, J. F.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Biology
Biotechnology
China
Chinese space program
Classical and Continuum Physics
Combustion
Earth orbits
Engineering
Experiments
Fluid dynamics
Gravitation
Life sciences
Materials science
Materials selection
Microgravity
Multinational space ventures
Original Article
Radiation
Satellites
Scientific research
Space Exploration and Astronautics
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics
Weightlessness
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Summary:SJ-10 program provides a mission of space microgravity experiments including both fields of microgravity science and space life science aboard the 24th recoverable satellite of China. Scientific purpose of the program is to promote the scientific research in the space microgravity environment by operating the satellite at lower earth orbit for 2 weeks. There are totally 27 experiments, including 17 ones in the field of microgravity science (microgravity fluid physics 6, microgravity combustion 3, and space materials science 8) and 10 in the field of space life science (radiation biology 3, gravitational biology 3, and space biotechnology 4). These experiments were selected from more than 200 applications. The satellite will be launched in the end of 2015 or a bit later. It is expected that many fruitful scientific results on microgravity science and space life science will be contributed by this program.
ISSN:0938-0108
1875-0494
DOI:10.1007/s12217-014-9390-0