China's Space Program Thread II
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10th batch of Guowang Constellation has launched.
this is the 6th batch of satellites being launched in 30 days.
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The first image shows Zhongke's launch complex at Jiuquan. The launchpad for Lijian-1 is on the right, and the Lijian-2 launchpad is on the left. The last three images show the full scale model of Lijian-2 being used to practice launch procedures.
Zhongke/CAS Space has successfully completed commissioning trials of the launch equipment for its Lijian-2 rocket.
I thought LM [long mrach] had been replaced by putonghua ChangZing
Pretty self-explanatory, although I will give a little refresher on what the Nuwa Constellation is, briefly. It is China's largest commercial radar remote-sensing constellation at the moment, it combines X-band SAR, plans for C-band SAR, and optical satellites to deliver all-weather, day-night Earth observation and InSAR deformation monitoring. They are planning Phase 1 for 54 satellites, potential to expand to 114 over time. These satellites are crucial for disaster response and agriculture, along with a host of other uses.
I'll put some of the relevant quotes below, translated of course.
Article goes over a lot of their finances and status, they are simply reapplying to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange once again for an IPO.
And finally, although perhaps smaller,
To keep it simple once again, this center will focus on "promoting the landing of high-level technological achievements in commercial aerospace and the low-altitude economy."
17 initial measurements were done, and 38 distance measurements followed. China is just the fourth nation to achieve this feat after France, Germany, and the United States. The reflector presented challenges as well, as given by Han Xida, one of the engineers, in this quote (borrowing a translation since I have one):
The article itself is about a bunch of other movies, so here is the relevant part:
Several good points in the article, mostly discussing the development of the satellite communications industry, in which they estimate it will have 10 million users by 2030. This seems more like a guiding document as the title says, rather than something more concrete, in my opinion. Here is the article, I have translated it:
The meeting was co-chaired by both Bian Zhigang, the Deputy Administrator of the CNSA, and Supachai Pathumnakul, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, for Thailand. The Second China–Thailand Space Science & Technology Workshop also took place. It was largely a review of progress, as far as we know currently, but further developments may come of the meeting. Thailand is a part of the ILRS and is looking to further partner with China, they have signed multiple MoUs, and Thailand will also participate in the Chang'e 7 mission with a payload. There is much more to be said about their cooperation, hopefully this yields more.
They used a combination of BeiDou, UAVs, and other aspects to measure these. I included this because I think it highlights the more niche and unexpected contributions that BeiDou can provide to the government and the people.
Article:
Again, another use of BeiDou here. I will just include the relevant paragraph/sentence.
Also I would like to ask, would anyone like to see more Chinese space research papers (like astrophysics or astronomy, related fields) and would anyone like to see more Chinese space finance-related news?
Absolutely! Yes - on all these points.