China's Space Program News Thread

[Jono]

The head of the ITU also happens to be a Chinese national.

yes, indeed, the present secretary-general is Mr. Zhao, since Jan. 1, 2015 till now.
his predecessor is Mr. Toure of Mali, Jan.1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2014

 

[anzha]

China is advancing the development of the Chang’e-7 lunar south pole mission and a complex campaign to study comets and return samples from a near-Earth asteroid with a single orbiter.

The China National Space Administration issued a call (

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) in late July to university, middle school and elementary school students for popular science experiments for the multiple-spacecraft Chang’e-7 lunar mission, and an asteroid and comet exploration project tentatively named ZhengHe.

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[anzha]

A new satellite on the Gaofen-9 remote sensing series was orbited by China on Wednesday. A Long March 2D launched the Gaofen-9 (04) at 04:01:54 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s LC43/94 complex.

This was also the 50th launch of the Long March-2D launch vehicle and the 342nd launch of the Long March launch vehicle family.

The Gaofen-9 is a series of optical remote-sensing satellite that operates together with other satellites from the Gaofen series to form an Earth observation system.

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[eprash]

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Finally some details about the mission architecture

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Any updates on Shenlong? It's supposed to launch this month right

 

[by78]

One of the payloads from last Thursday's launch was Tsinghua University's Gravity and Atmospheric Science Satellite.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Finally some details about the mission architecture

Any updates on Shenlong? It's supposed to launch this month right

I don’t even know if that is still an active program.

 

[eprash]

I don’t even know if that is still an active program.

It looks like part of the Tengyun space plane program now, Site 901 (Jiuquan SLS-1) was recently renovated along with a new landing strip near by it, LM 2F could be the launch vehicle

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1292515476753399808

 

[Dante80]

@Deino Wow...that was a little random. While somewhat obfuscated in this model, a good chunk of the instrumentation can be traced - as a derivative - to well known Soviet legacy systems.

We don't get to have this kind of information resolution in said systems...for pretty obvious reasons. Have in mind though that the particular model seen above (the YG 9 a/b/c) has already been replaced.

 

[anzha]

During the last two years, China has led the world in orbital launches, and 2020 seems to continue along that trend as the country’s space agency sends major exploration missions to space. Taking the first step in its planetary quest of the solar system, China sent a Long March 5-rocket to Mars. Not only is this its first launch vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants, but it also incorporates additively manufactured parts. For the job, local 3D printing system supplier

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used a laser sintering platform and high-performance material to produce 50 parts for the rocket’s static firing skirt.

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