China's Space Program Thread II

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GulfLander

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China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test​

Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than Nasa’s mission
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appears to be far more ambitious than Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), according to a new paper outlining its plan to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid before 2030.


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, a proof-of-concept that nudged one asteroid’s orbit around another, China is aiming for a more realistic planetary-defence test.


It aims to directly alter an asteroid’s orbit relative to Earth, “or even break up its structure”, according to a team led by Li Mingtao, chief scientist for planetary defence at the China National Space Administration.


The spacecraft was expected to hit its target at more than 9km (5.6 miles) per second – compared with Dart’s 6.1km/s – during a close approach to within about 7 million km of Earth in 2029 or 2030, the paper said.
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Xiongmao said:
Well, that statement didn't mention the Chang'e 7 mission either, and that's due to launch next month.
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I said it may be delayed, and you could have just read the article...

As usual, details about the upcoming Shenzhou taikonauts
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were not provided, but notably mentions of Mengzhou or its first mission are absent. Its omission from the recap could be indicative that its first mission has been delayed from the end of the year to 2027, probably in the first few months
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should that be the case.
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They don't mention all missions each time they put out a press release, but it was expected that in this one, a Mengzhou-1 mission would have been mentioned here. And it is widely known either way that Chang'e 7 is launching likely next month, we don't need a press release every time for it.
 
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Mengzhou-1 mission may be delayed to early next year, based on a lack of a statement from the CMSA and other factors.
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Typical "making nothing out of nothing" article. By the same thinking, if this Jack C fails to announce he is alive tomorrow it would be naturally assumed that he is dead. The guy is just trying to get attention by making a "news" out of a nothing.

Being serious though, every activity mentioned by CMSE in its article are NOT experiment. Did CMSE or CASC announce launch date of CZ-10A, B? Mengzhou's abort test? Or Mengzhou's high orbit reentry test years ago? I think this is just common practice in Chinese Space industry. Mengzhou's first launch is just a test.
 
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Anyone know about status of Chinese space teslecope launch date. Been a long time it was supposed to be launched and has been delayed countless times. Probably the most delayed Chinese space project I know of.
 
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Michael90 said:
Anyone know about status of Chinese space teslecope launch date. Been a long time it was supposed to be launched and has been delayed countless times. Probably the most delayed Chinese space project I know of.
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The latest news, I think, was at the beginning of the year — launch by the end of 2026, but more likely 2027. Need to wait a few days, maybe something will show up here
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