The departure ceremony of the Dome A science exploration supporting platform was held in the Southeast University (SEU) on June 21, 2010. The Dome A science exploration supporting platform is the essential key project for the Antarctic science projects of China, and it will be transported to Yangbajin in the Tibet plateau for comprehensive test soon.
　 SHEN Jiong , the vice president of SEU, moderated over the ceremony. HAO Yingli , the vice president of space research institute of SEU, introduced the development of the project. YANG Ji , the executive deputy director of PMO and Hong Yi, the president of SEU, delivered speeches separately. They acknowledged the project team for accomplishing the construction and development in such a short time, and encouraged the team to keep trying to ensure success of the synthetic test of supporting platform in the plateau.
　 Antarctic Dome A supporting platform system will provide the power supply for the whole Dome A station, and will support the remote control system, database storage, and the communication system of the Antarctic observatory, which is prepared for the coming the 12th Five Year Program of China. Purple Mountain Observatory has been collaborating with Southeast University for the development of the Antarctic platform since 2009. The first testing platform system has passed the plain test recently, which output power is up to 2 KW. The plateau synthetic test will focus on the overall performance, reliability and stability etc., which are the essential key tests before the system will be moved to Antarctic Dome A.