China's Space Program News Thread

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Yutu-2 lunar rover has been in operation for 1000 days. During that time, it has traveled 839.37m and obtained more than 3632 gigabytes of scientific data.

 

[SciNews]

Solar Exploration Science and Technology Test Satellite

 

[anzha]

We pretty much know this already. However, it's interesting to see a Western write up of the Chinese lunar mission elements from the airshow:

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443873549278760989

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443867409245523984

 

[ougoah]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443873549278760989

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443867409245523984

Wow so that's what those test hints and landings were from 2019 and this year.

So a horizontal takeoff and landing SSTO and a vertical "second stage" with combined cycles and various/ exotic propulsion.

Leapfrogging.

 

[taxiya]

Wow so that's what those test hints and landings were from 2019 and this year.

So a horizontal takeoff and landing SSTO and a vertical "second stage" with combined cycles and various/ exotic propulsion.

Leapfrogging.

Correction. From the link you can see that 腾云 (Tengyun) is HTHL, but all demos show a two stage configuration, it is not SSTO. The second stage is rocket based. The combined cycle engine is for the first stage.

This wording "The 2nd stage achieved VTVL in Sept 2020" is very confusing. First of all, it is a test without first stage, so there is no way for a HTHL test. Whatever that VTVL means, it would not be used in operation because the whole concept is HTHL.

 

[taxiya]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443873549278760989

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1443867409245523984

CASIC revealed new animation of Tengyun(腾云) HTHL hypersonic aerospaceplane project in

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. The cutting-edge TRRE engine's shift of working modes has been tested in 2018. The 2nd stage achieved VTVL in Sept 2020, landed in Northwestern China. HD:

This is the evidence that Tengyun has parallel approaches for its first stage engines, TRRE or PATR.

 

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Hall-effect thrusters from the backside.