China's Space Program Thread II
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These different English names are identical in Chinese, i.e. 星际荣耀.
(Will see if I can edit with images later, in the meantime I am sure some will be provided)
This is the 586th launch total for the Long March series, and the 41st on the year for China as a whole. The payload was the SatNet Low-Orbit Group 06 A-I, carrying 9 broadband-internet satellites for the planned 13,000 satellite constellation.
Some notable info, some of which has been discussed prior:
This is the first launch from the new commercial pad, prior launches were done on the state pad right next door basically. This is also a version with a larger universal upper stage and fairing compared to the Long March 8, the standard variation. This improves the ability to launch 7 t to 700 km SSO / 9.8 t to LEO.
This is the 586th launch total for the Long March series, and the 41st on the year for China as a whole. The payload was the SatNet Low-Orbit Group 06 A-I, carrying 9 broadband-internet satellites for the planned 13,000 satellite constellation.
Some notable info, some of which has been discussed prior:
This is the first launch from the new commercial pad, prior launches were done on the state pad right next door basically. This is also a version with a larger universal upper stage and fairing compared to the Long March 8, the standard variation. This improves the ability to launch 7 t to 700 km SSO / 9.8 t to LEO.
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6th Batch launched now.
so back to back two set of satellites being launched in span of 4 days. as i told earlier process has been accelerated.
as per chief designer, 400 satellites will be in orbit by 2027.
However, Qianfan is more than 7 months behind its own plan, and Guowang.. is unknown by how much. Let's hope that they really speed up.
Qianfan undergoing some changes related technology.. it will resume soon.
Guowang clearly accelerate this year.. LM8/LM6 rockets will deploy initial satellites. then LandSpace will join the race. one more private player gearing up for this constellation. chief designer thinking about 400 satellites by 2027. if Zhuque-3 comes on time then you will see more satellites being deploy in next 2-3 years.
Could it be because of the production rate is below expectation instead of changing of technology of the satellite design?
What was its plan? I assume you are talking about planned launch by the end of 2025? According to this report in January 2025, , the production rate is supposed to be 300 per year in 2025. So the plan for 2025 can not exceed 300.
Only 36 (18 in Oct 2024 and 18 in Mar 2025) out of the launched 90 was produced by the factory, the rest are still produced by the R&D institute. The gap of factory batches is about 5 months, roughly 86 per year. That seems to be a production ramp up issue. It is hard to believe that it takes 5 batches in 5 months operation to find out a design issue.
launch history from
| 中文名 | 英文名 | 研发机构 | 发射日期 | 运载火箭 | 发射基地 | 轨道高度 | 轨道倾角 | 设计寿命 | 质量 | COSPAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL-Alpha A | 2019年11月17日 | LP-43/95A | 1044 km × 1057 km | 88.91° | 70 kg | 2019-077A | ||||
| KL-Alpha B | 2019年11月17日 | LP-43/95A | 1045 km × 1431 km | 88.91° | 90 kg | 2019-077B | ||||
| KL-Beta B | 2021年08月04日 | LC-16 | 2021-070B | |||||||
| KL-Beta A | 2021年08月04日 | LC-16 | 2021-070A | |||||||
| 千帆极轨01组卫星（共18颗） | G60 Polar Group 01 | 2024年08月06日 | LC-9A | 240 kg（单颗） | 2024-140 | |||||
| 千帆极轨02组卫星（共18颗） | G60 Polar Group 02 | 2024年10月15日 | LC-9A | 240 kg（单颗） | 2024-185 | |||||
| 千帆极轨03组卫星（共18颗） | G60 Polar Group 03 | 2024年12月05日 | LC-9A | 240 kg（单颗） | 2024-232 | |||||
| 千帆极轨06组卫星（共18颗） | G60 Polar Group 06 | 2025年01月23日 | LC-9A | 240 kg（单颗） | 2025-016 | |||||
| 千帆极轨04组卫星（共18颗） | G60 Polar Group 04 | 2025年03月12日 | LCC-1 | 240 kg（单颗） | 2025-046 |
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