China's Space Program News Thread
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A new smart automated production line for small/micro satellites has entered trial production phase. It's capable of producing 240 satellites per year. The line automates many previously manual assembly processes and improves productivity and efficiency by more than 40%.
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A new smart automated production line for small/micro satellites has entered trial production phase. It's capable of producing 240 satellites per year. The line automates many previously manual assembly processes and improves productivity and efficiency by more than 40%.
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Mass production of cube sats? Even for china, this seems excessive, unless the idea is that every university in China is to have an ability to launch satellites into space for experiments. I'm guessing its more to get universities to "mass adopt" satellites as part of the recurring curricular vs as R&D.
Radiation environment is more difficult, the surface is probably rougher and orbital mechanics make it more difficult.
240 sats doesn't seem much compared to what's being planned for Starlink
3x1 and 1x1 cubesats are prettt standard externally speaking, they might not be mass producing internals
First launch of 2021 is due on 20/01/2021, a Long March 3B, payload is a communication sat by China Telecom. Launch vehicle will put the satellite into GTO and the satellite will use use its own propulsion to circularise to GSO. Payload is 5.4 tons and expected to last 15 years.
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