China's Space Program Thread II

escobar

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The Tianlong-2 (天龙二号) rocket developed by the private launch provider Beijing Tianbing Technology (北京天兵科技) has been shipped to launch site for its maiden test flight. The TL-2 is a reusable three-stage LOX/Kerosene rocket with a total length of 32.8 meters and a mass of 150 tons at take-off. Payload capacity to LEO is two tons and to SSO is 1.5 tons.
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YF-102 kerolox expander bleed cycle engines; bought from CASC/AALPT.
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RCBarbosa

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High-resolution satellite images of the Jiuquan launch center in Inner Mongolia.

There are a total of eight launchpads, with six being active and two retired:
– LC-90: for launching CZ-2F;
– LC-94: for launching CZ-2C/2D/4B/4C;
– LC-95A/B: for launching CZ-11, KZ-1A, KZ-11, KT-2, CERES-1, SQX-1, etc.;
– LC-96: for launching ZQ-2 rockets from the private launch company LandSpace;
– LC-130: for launching rockets from the private launch provider Zhongke;
– LC-138: for launching CZ-2/2C/2D;
– LC-5020: built for launching the now long-retired CZ-1 and China's first satellite (Dongfanghong-1).

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Interesting! I thought and always used the LC-91 designation for the CZ-2F launch complex. In fact, LC43/91.
 

by78

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Some papers and illustrations from vol. 31 of the journal Spacecraft Engineering. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the PDFs.

An overview paper on the design of the Chinese space station:
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by78

General
Various chemical thrusters and Hall-effect thrusters:
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An illustration of active spacecraft docking mechanism:
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Installation interface points of the core module of the Chinese space station:
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Telemetry, tracking, and command communications for manned spacecraft and space station and associated antennae:
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