The Chang'e-4 mission - named after a moon goddess- got back to work on the far side of the Moon on Thursday after waking up from a five-day hibernation. The lunar had made the world's first soft landing on the Moon's far side on January 3.
The BDS is composed of three sections: the space section, the ground section and the user section. China has sent the BDS-2 and BDS-3 satellites into space upon in Tuesday's launch.
However, the Pentagon in a strategy document said that "China and Russia present the greatest strategic threat due to their development, testing and deployment of counter space capabilities," adding,"China and Russia each have weaponized space as a means to reduce US and allied military effectiveness and challenge our freedom of operation in space."
(Photograph:Reuters)