China's Space Program News Thread

[Skywatcher]

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Is this what China is going for

Gawd, no!

That IO Aircraft 'genius' doesn't understand why its a very bad idea to use the low pressure shaft for any other purpose than as a low pressure shaft (also, how does he intend to fit the combustor in there? And there are going to be huge weight penalties trying to build a low bypass turbofan engine of that size).

 

[anzha]

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[Dante80]

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And that is another CZ-4B/C successor. A private one at that, and one using methalox too (the same propellant mix that future US LVs are pursuing via the Vulcan, Starship and New Glenn programs).

 

[siegecrossbow]

A journey of one million miles must start with a first step. Long March 5 rocket for this year's Chang'E five mission was spotted on the road!

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[Dolcevita]

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China's launch of new satellite fails
Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-12 18:45:59|Editor: huaxia

JIUQUAN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Optical remote-sensing satellite Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, which was launched aboard the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 13:02 p.m. (Beijing time) on Saturday, failed to enter the preset orbit.
Abnormal performance was identified during the rocket's flight, said the launch center.
The cause of the failure is under investigation.

 

[hullopilllw]

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China's launch of new satellite fails
Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-12 18:45:59|Editor: huaxia

JIUQUAN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Optical remote-sensing satellite Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, which was launched aboard the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 13:02 p.m. (Beijing time) on Saturday, failed to enter the preset orbit.
Abnormal performance was identified during the rocket's flight, said the launch center.
The cause of the failure is under investigation.

The load is again Bilibili's. Unlucky company.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Bad year for the kuaizhou series.

 

[KYli]

As long as LM 5 rocket is successful, other setbacks wouldn't affect China space agency and space industry that much.

 

[Xizor]

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China's launch of new satellite fails
Source: Xinhua| 2020-09-12 18:45:59|Editor: huaxia

JIUQUAN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Optical remote-sensing satellite Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, which was launched aboard the Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 13:02 p.m. (Beijing time) on Saturday, failed to enter the preset orbit.
Abnormal performance was identified during the rocket's flight, said the launch center.
The cause of the failure is under investigation.

That's ok. Expace might have been cutting corners in the pursuit of making commercial launch vehicles cheaper and cheaper. The idea is to ensure Chinese companies don't run to SpaceX when they need to launch a satellite on a budget.

 

[ougoah]

That's ok. Expace might have been cutting corners in the pursuit of making commercial launch vehicles cheaper and cheaper. The idea is to ensure Chinese companies don't run to SpaceX when they need to launch a satellite on a budget.

Then Expace needs to fail and be replaced or overhaul their entire structure and practice. Achieving cheaper launches by cutting corners isn't how SpaceX has done it or how it should be done. Expace simply doesn't have the innovative tech yet to make cheaper launches. Hopefully it will along and the competition in this field in China alone is going to help it adjust towards the right track. Having access to cheaper rockets and cutting more corners would be a terribly stupid way of doing things and I hope this isn't the case. Repurposed "surplus" ICBMs may have certain limits in commercial applications even if launch costs are a fraction of would be prices. They're developing new Kuaizhou classes and we'll see how well they do.