China's Space Program News Thread

[Temstar]

Possible double Kuaizhou-1A launches next week, Monday and Wednesday:

A3138/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZXXX/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3504N11143E020
A) ZBPE ZHWH B) 2112130149 C) 2112130223
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED
BY:N345731E1120536-N344857E1115735-N351158E1112102-N352034E1112902,

BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A3139/21 NOTAMN
Q) ZXXX/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3504N11143E020
A) ZBPE ZHWH B) 2112150212 C) 2112150248
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED
BY:N345731E1120536-N344857E1115735-N351158E1112102-N352034E1112902,

BACK TO START. ALL ACFT ARE FORBIDDEN TO FLY INTO THE TEMPORARY
RESTRICTED AREA.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

Long March launch pad was just used for Long March 4B for that 400th launch, so unlikely to be a Long March 234. Only other possibility is Long March 11 which uses a cold launch TEL, but we know from that recent CCTV segment that there are a huge number of Kuaizhou-1A launches coming up.

 

[Overbom]

Possible double Kuaizhou-1A launches next week, Monday and Wednesday:





Long March launch pad was just used for Long March 4B for that 400th launch, so unlikely to be a Long March 234. Only other possibility is Long March 11 which uses a cold launch TEL, but we know from that recent CCTV segment that there are a huge number of Kuaizhou-1A launches coming up.

Any idea on what their payload will be? Especially with the huge number of launches coming up, it will be interesting to know their payload. Military or commercial?

 

[AF-1]

What about this one?

Jielong-1 - Yizheng 03 & 04​

Mentioned for December launch. This rocket made just 1 launch back to 2019, and no action since then.

 

[Temstar]

What about this one?

Jielong-1 - Yizheng 03 & 04​

Mentioned for December launch. This rocket made just 1 launch back to 2019, and no action since then.

Maybe CASC and CASIC are better off staying out of the small solid rocket arena. Otherwise they put the squeeze on the likes of Ceres-1, Hyperbola-1 and Zhuque-1.

The company that makes it is called China Rocket, it's a subsidiary of CALT which is a subsidary of CASC, similar to how Kuaizhou's maker ExPace is a subsidiary of CASIC. China Rocket is working on the larger Jielong-2 and Jielong-3 as well as a liquid fuelled rocket.

 

[taxiya]

Maybe CASC and CASIC are better off staying out of the small solid rocket arena. Otherwise they put the squeeze on the likes of Ceres-1, Hyperbola-1 and Zhuque-1.

We must always remember that the solid launcher is a strategic reserve for quick launch capability in times of war. It is a capability that the sate must have 100% control "刚需". Attracting private investment is just a "副业"/side run business. These "private" companies are essentially "贴牌公司" taking/buying/licencing the core technology (solid motors) from SOE and put up their brands. Unless 1. they are willing to put their money under State control in exchange for a chance of profit, or 2. they independently develop their own technology, there is no way CASC and CASIC would not "squeeze" them.

 

[NiuBiDaRen]

Wrong thread kindly delete

 

[RCBarbosa]

China launches Tianlian-2-02 on December 13, 2021, from Xichang.

 

[iantsai]

北京时间2021年12月14日00时09分，我国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号乙遥八十二运载火箭，成功将天链二号02星发射升空。卫星顺利进入预定轨道，发射任务获得圆满成功。

此次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第401次飞行。

Tianlian-2/02 was orbited by CZ-3B/Y82 from Xichang Satellite Launching Center at 00:09 UTC+8, Dec 14, 2021.

It's the 50th launch by China in 2021, and the 401th mission of the CZ series rockets.

天链二号02星由中国航天科技集团有限公司五院研制，是我国第二代地球同步轨道数据中继卫星，主要用于为飞船、空间实验室、空间站等载人航天器提供数据中继和测控服务，为中、低轨道资源卫星提供数据中继和测控服务，为航天器发射提供测控支持。

Tianlian-2/02 is a second generation geosynchronous communication satellite developed by CASC, providing data relaying, remote sensing / measuring service for spaceships, space laboratories, space stations, LEO/MEO satellites and launching of the other spacecrafts.

 

[escobar]

Tianlian-2/02 was orbited by CZ-3B/Y82 from Xichang Satellite Launching Center at 00:09 UTC+8, Dec 14, 2021.

It's the 50th launch by China in 2021, and the 401th mission of the CZ series rockets.


Tianlian-2/02 is a second generation geosynchronous communication satellite developed by CASC, providing data relaying, remote sensing / measuring service for spaceships, space laboratories, space stations, LEO/MEO satellites and launching of the other spacecrafts.
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The new satellite received a new antenna system, including a main antenna with a throughput of 1.2 Gbps, more than double that of Tianlian-1. The function of multi-user planning was introduced, the number of simultaneously serviced spacecrafts doubled. In addition, it became possible to service unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and hypersonic vehicles outside the line of sight, as well as civil aircraft and expeditionary ships.

 

[escobar]

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