China has complained to the United Nations about the damage to the Tiangong Space Station
China has complained to the
United Nations about the damage to the Tiangong Space Station
Tiangong Space
Station vs ISS
News:
Recently,
China has complained to the United Nations about the damage to the Tiangong
Space Station by a satellite launched under Elon Musk's Starlink project.
China also
appealed to the US to keep its space station and three astronauts safe from the
satellite.
Both the
United States and China are parties to the 'Outer Space Treaty, due to which
China has complained to the United Nations.
This treaty
came into force in the year 1967, it allows member countries to use outer space
for peaceful purposes.
At the same
time, it prohibits the deployment of such weapons in space that are genocidal.
Know about Tiangong Space Station:
This space
station is being developed by China's Chinese Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in
low-Earth orbit.
The word
'Tiangong' means 'heavenly palace', the first module of this station was sent
to Tianhe in May 2021.
This station
will be smaller in size and about 5 times lighter in weight than the
International Space Station (ISS).
This station
can hold three astronauts; China plans to develop it completely by the year
2022.
What is Starling Project?
It is a
satellite-based global Internet system, which was announced in 2015 by the
US-based private space company SpaceX.
In this
project, there is a plan to send thousands of satellites to low-Earth orbit.
Its purpose
is to bring high-speed, low-latency broadband Internet to remote areas.
So far,
about 2000 satellites have been sent under this scheme.
What is International Space Station (ISS)?
The
International Space Station is mainly a joint effort of the space agencies of
countries like the USA, Russia, Japan, Europe, and Canada.
This space
station is located in Low-Earth Orbit at an altitude of about 400 km above the
Earth's surface.
It orbits
the Earth every 90 minutes at a speed of 28000 km/h.
As of April
2021, 244 astronauts from 19 countries have visited the International Space
Station.
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