2.65m is totally different from the CZ-series' 2.25/3.35/5 staging. It's a whole new design.
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Woah, now that's some fancy flying. I wonder how much fuel there is left in that orbit module. IIRC when the mission was complete it had a huge amount of fuel left due to precision of orbital manouvers and so less need for correction as well as the sample capsule being underweight due to the sample being less dense than expected.
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Don't think the two can be related or compared. SD-3 is a solid rocket. All the CZ rockets (except 11) are liquid. CZ-11 is 2m in diameter also different from its liquid brothers.
China's purpose of having a market (in any sector) and its competition is not to facilitate creation/enriching private capitals, China does encourage private capitals to get in if they are able, but China has no interest in aiding them. Encouragement and tolerance are far from assisting. The bottom line is that China only did the "Socialist Market Economy" and "Primary Stage of Socialism" because State dominated economy of the Advanced Stage of Socialism was too advanced for China many decades ago, and still far from reach. But it is certainly getting closer and closer as state owned enterprises are getting more and more sophisticated and effective. There is no reason to cultivate the private sectors if they can not bring in any better value. But of course, China won't prevent them form trying because it is still a market system.
So, I don't anything strange. On the contrary, I don't think Chinese private space companies are going to play any major roles in the future. What I am seeing is that CASC and CASIC and their commercial outfits going out to the world market (not blocked by US) to compete. It is similar to China's HSR commercial push, all by SOEs. This is the real meaning of "commercial" that China (the state) means, not "private".
Exactly, commercial spaceflight = civilian spaceflight services as opposed to government/military/scientific payloads. Doesn't need to be for private profit.
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US trying again to spy on CN sat: COMSPOC noted that USA 270 came into the vicinity of 2 new Chinese classified Shiyan-12 (01, 02) satellites in GEO in early Jan. China picked up on the approach & moved both SY-12 sats quickly in synchronicity. China has v. good SSA & procedures.
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