First published: 30th November 2007
Officials at the Shanghai Observatory have decided to buy a backup power system, after a power transmission failure at the Minhang power station in the city left the Observatory's 25-metre antenna blind for 100 minutes on Saturday 27 October. The Observatory was in charge of monitoring the status and data transmission of Chang'e, China's moon probe, though the observatory said no data was lost and the probe's operation was unaffected.
The power failure also affected Metro lines 1, 2 and 4 in the city, and areas near Xujiahui and Longcao Road.