China's SMILE space mission detectors completed, set for European satellite integration; Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway increases speed to 350 kph.

China's in-orbit detectors for a joint China-Europe space mission, SMILE, have been completed and are set for integration into a European satellite platform. SMILE aims to deepen understanding of the Sun-Earth connection by observing solar wind-Earth magnetosphere interactions. Meanwhile, China's Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway began full-line operations at 350 kph after increasing the maximum permissible speed on its Wuhan-Guangzhou section.

June 16, 2024
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