I feel that China will need more than one if you consider offering space launch services to developing nations that want to put their own satellites into orbit at an affordable price.
China's Space Program News Thread
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I thought Link Space ran out of money and closed shop? They found some new investors?
China on Thursday launched a Long March-2D rocket to place a group of eight satellites in space.
Satellite Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C, together with seven Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D satellites, lifted off at 10:38 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern province of Shanxi and soon entered its preset orbit.
Having a wide coverage, Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C will be used to provide commercial remote sensing data services for sectors such as land resource, mineral exploration and smart city construction.
This was the 419th flight mission of the Long March rocket series.
Jilin-1 Kuanfu 01C is rather big comparatively, at 1.25 tonnes.
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LinkSpace's new-generation suborbital rocket (RLV-T6) has completed its first full-rocket static test yesterday. RLV-T6 is scheduled to conduct a 100-kilometer-level recovery flight in 2022 for microgravity testing, high-altitude environmental detection, and biological experiments, and near space flight test, etc. The rocket is 100% reusable and features the Storm-1(风暴-1) LOX/Methane engine with a thrust of 12kN (sea level).
Height: 14.5 meters
Body diameter: 1.4 meters
Fairing diameter: 1.5 meters
Maximum flight altitude: 105 km
Maximum load capacity: 500 kg
Resuability: >20 launches
Height: 14.5 meters
Body diameter: 1.4 meters
Fairing diameter: 1.5 meters
Maximum flight altitude: 105 km
Maximum load capacity: 500 kg
Resuability: >20 launches
escobar
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CharmingGlobe has now a commercial remote sensing constellation of 54 satellites, which can revisit anywhere on Earth 17-20 times per day.
The Jili-1 wide frame 01C satellite that was launched on May 5 carries a "bipolar antenna detector" (双极化GNSS-R海洋探测载荷). It will provide data about sea levels, wave heights, wind field and sea water salinity, etc. for global ocean monitoring.
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