they got a lunar soil 3D printer that can be used to make lunar soil bricks for the construction of lunar houses.
China's Space Program Thread II
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IMO in the past 6 months Guowang was mainly launcher-constrained, CZ-6A, CZ-5B have been flying at their expected cadence, while CZ-8A & CZ-12 have had launcher/site-related problems.
It's less clear for Qianfan.
A strange cylinder on top of the CZ-10 mobile platform next to the LC-301 launch site in Wenchang... some speculate it is a test article
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yes. Landspace will join from 2026 onward in this constellation. and one more private player will join.
Yuan Jungang, chief designer of GW internet satellites, announced that 400 satellites will be deployed to form the network by 2027
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A contract has been awarded by Hainan Commercial Spaceport for a towed rocket landing barge
A contract for a landing barge for reusable rockets has been awarded to CCCC Dredging Group Ltd. (中交疏浚).
Two bidding announcements from Hainan Commercial Spacort for at-sea recovery ships for reusable rockets.
A contract for a landing barge for reusable rockets has been awarded to CCCC Dredging Group Ltd. (中交疏浚).
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ArrowHead/Space Epoch has successfully conducted its first VTVL test. The VTVL test vehicle is a stainless steel rocket with a diameter of 4.2m, a length of 26.8m, and a take-off mass of 57 tons. The test lasted 125 seconds, during which the vehicle reached an altitude of 2.5km before performing a soft splashdown landing in the water. The vehicle successively performed eight tasks: ignition and takeoff, full thrust climb, variable thrust adjustments, engine shutdown, free descent glide, engine restart, deceleration to hover on sea surface, and finally soft landing on the sea surface.
ArrowHead/Space Epoch has conducted a 100-second full-thrust hot test of the engine and gimbal mechanism used in its successful VTVL test, verifying that they've withstood the splashdown in good condition.
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The maiden flight of Lijian-2 is planned for September.
Zhongke/CAS Space will deliver its first Lijian-2 rocket by the end of August in time for its maiden flight.
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High-resolution images from the 8th flight of the Hyperbola-1 launch vehicle, which successfully inserted an optical remote sensing satellite into orbit. With this launch, the success rate of Hyperbola-1 has finally reached 50%. Let's hope i-Space (also known as Space Honor, Interstellar Glory, StarCraft Glory, Star Glory, Interstellar Glory Space Technology, Interplanetary Glory, Interplanetary Glory Space Technology, Interstellar Glory Aerospace Technology Group, Interstellar Space Technology Corporation Ltd, etc.) will not celebrate this hard fought success by adding yet another name for itself.
