Chongqing University (CQU) is a public university in Chongqing, China, affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university has a College of Aerospace Engineering and is involved in space-related research and education, including aerospace composite materials, structural design, and flight dynamics. It supports the Center of Space Exploration, Ministry of Education, coordinating deep space exploration research among universities and collaborating with organizations like the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. CQU also researches space in-orbit additive manufacturing and printable flexible solar cell materials.
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Xidian University and Chongqing University are collaborating on space-based solar power research.
The China Academy of Space Technology supports both Chongqing University’s test site and Xidian University’s Zhuri prototype.
Chongqing University has set up a space-based solar prototype test site in Bishan district, Chongqing, where prototype equipment can be attached to balloons.
Chongqing University’s test site had transmitted power from a height of more than 300 meters by 2021.